On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:45:24 +0100 rysiek <rysiek@hackerspace.pl> wrote:
While I admire RMS for his free software work, I have my own differences with him. For example his stance on Creative Commons -ND provision: http://onpon4.github.io/other/fsf-no-derivatives/ http://rys.io/en/101
Yet another instance of Stallman's lack of consistency.
I find him very consistent as long as we stay in the software ballpark; as soon as we leave it, especially if we venture into other copyrighted works territory, there are things that indeed seem inconsistent.
I wasn't referring to copyright legalese anyway. I was talking about serious stuff like constantly invoking freedom while being a crass statist.
What I found slightly interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that one of Stallman's basic arguments for free software is that individuals have the right to use their hardware however they wish, but running propietary software means that somebody else is controlling or 'owning' their hardware.
I would say: that individuals should have the right to use their *tools* however they like, including fixing them, modifying them and helping their neighbours by lending them.
Which boils down to : this is my stuff - I do with it whatever I want.
That is a rather libertarian/propertarian argument.
Well, as far as I read it, it's not about *ownership*, but rather *control*. But I guess to some extent you can't have one without the other.