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Re: âFree Software should be community developedâ (was: (Really) Fre
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: âFree Software should be community developedâ (was: (Really) Free Software future) |
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Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:43:26 -0500 |
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> > Free Software should be community developed. There is no problem
> > for companies to contribute but they absolutely should not be
> > the the driven factor.
> Iʼm afraid, implementing that maxim would undermine the goal of
> the free software movement, which is to make _all_ software free
> (= eliminate nonfree software);
My view is somewhere between those two statements.
We should not let companies dominate the free software movement,
but we encourage companies to develop and release free programs.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)