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Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds 965

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @09:16AM from the was-he-wearing-the-hat-at-the-time dept.

StonyandCher writes "Here is an interview with Richard Stallman about a range of free software topics including GPLv3 and comment on the Microsoft patent issue. Stallman has a go at Linus Torvalds even suggesting that if people want to keep their freedom they better not follow Torvalds. From the interview 'Stallman: The fact that Torvalds says "open source" instead of "free software" shows where he is coming from. I wrote the GNU GPL to defend freedom for all users of all versions of a program. I developed version 3 to do that job better and protect against new threats. Torvalds says he rejects this goal; that's probably why he doesn't appreciate GPL version 3. I respect his right to express his views, even though I think they are foolish. However, if you don't want to lose your freedom, you had better not follow him.'"

Comment Mental masturbation (Score 1) 867

by gcb on Friday December 22, 2006 @02:08PM (#17339764) Attached to: Neuroscience, Psychology Eroding Idea of Free Will

"So why worry about it? It's mental masturbation."

Well, I think it's probably worth worrying about if countries are considering jailing people based on apparent genetic tendencies.

But it seems absurd to talk about removing accountability. The mind is a clever little device, and the existence of accountability in a society clearly acts as a deterrent to desires in the mind that are known to be frowned upon by society. It may be less significant a deterrent than people tend to believe, but that sort of fundamental change to the tenants of justice isn't going wash with the public, nevermind the science. And I'm not bothered by that.

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