I love Free Software.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

I love Free Software. I have spent 30+ years of my life promoting the principles of Software Freedom. I think the GPL (GNU general Public license) is our best bet to promote freedom by using copyright law to garantuee the freedom to share. I refuse since many years to let these good principles be diminished by personifying the concept. Software Freedom is bigger than Richard Stallman. So let’s focus on the idea. Not the person.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

Or to put it in the clickbait, negative way: you don’t need RMS (Richard Matthew Stallman) or the FSF (Free Software Foundation) to be a true Software Freedom Person. Software Freedom is a concept. A philosophy. Not a person. Fight for the idea. It’s a good fight.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

Look at the header picture on my profile page. No More Heroes. It’s there for a reason. Ideas are bigger than people. I believe in software freedom, GPL style. But I will never defend RMS. I took the other road. Created a religion in his name. Back in 2009. when I already knew a lot about him. https://www.stallmanism.com I’m complicated. #GoodNight

maswan

@jwildeboer
My lament is for his victims, and the opportunity cost of what a good FSF could have been for a cause I believe in.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@maswan They are victims of abuse by RMS. And they get my full support. But they are not victims of the idea of software freedom.