Introducing the ‘right to eavesdrop on your things’

Re:Introducing the ‘right to eavesdrop on your things’ by Balgair on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @12:06PM (#9806277)

As much as I don't like the guy himself, this is what Richard Stallman has been talking about for years and years. Very quietly, very securely, very aware, he has been preaching the dogma of Open Source. His stuff is pretty good and well thought for most HN folks, but those are not the major consumers of 1984'd TVs. In the end, the swinging plumb-bob still oscillates between easy, cheap, and quality.

https://stallman.org/

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Re:Introducing the ‘right to eavesdrop on your things’ by hackertux on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @03:30AM (#9810444)

> Very quietly, very securely, very aware, he has been preaching the dogma of Open Source

By the end of 1998, Stallman had formulated a position: open source, while helpful in communicating the technical advantages of free software, also encouraged speakers to soft-pedal the issue of software freedom. Given this drawback, Stallman would stick with the term free software.

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch11.html

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Re:Introducing the ‘right to eavesdrop on your things’ by Balgair on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:15PM (#9812956)

Thanks for the nomenclature!

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