TAILIEUCHUNG - Free As in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

The work of Richard M. Stallman literally speaks for itself. From the documented source code to the published papers to the recorded speeches, few people have expressed as much willingness to lay their thoughts and their work on the line. Such openness-if one can pardon a momentary un-Stallman adjective-is refreshing. After all, we live in a society that treats information, especially personal information, as a valuable commodity. The question quickly arises. Why would anybody want to part with so much information and yet appear to demand nothing in return? As we shall see in later chapters, Stallman does not. | Free As in Freedom Richard Stallman s Crusade for Free Software. By Sam Williams Available on the web at http Produced under the Free Documentation License Table of Contents Chapter 1 For Want of a Printer Chapter 2 2001 A Hacker s Odyssey Chapter 3 A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man Chapter 4 Impeach God Chapter 5 Small Puddle of Freedom Chapter 6 The Emacs Commune Chapter 7 A Stark Moral Choice Chapter 8 St. Ignucius Chapter 9 The GNU General Public License Chapter 10 GNU Linux Chapter 11 Open Source Chapter 12 A Brief Journey Through Hacker Hell Chapter 13 Continuing the Fight Chapter 14 Epilogue Chapter 15 Appendix A Terminology Chapter 16 Appendix B Hack Hackers and Hacking Chapter 17 Appendix C GNU Free Documentation License GFDL Preface The work of Richard M. Stallman literally speaks for itself. From the documented source code to the published papers to the recorded speeches few people have expressed as much willingness to lay their thoughts and their work on the line. Such openness-if one can pardon a momentary un-Stallman adjective-is refreshing. After all we live in a society that treats information especially personal information as a valuable commodity. The question quickly arises. Why would anybody want to part with so much information and yet appear to demand nothing in return As we shall see in later chapters Stallman does not part with his words or his work altruistically. Every program speech and on-the-record bon mot comes with a price albeit not the kind of price most people are used to paying. I bring this up not as a warning but as an admission. As a person who has spent the last year digging up facts on Stallman s personal history it s more than a little intimidating going up against the Stallman oeuvre. Never pick a fight with a man who buys his ink by the barrel goes the old Mark Twain adage. In the case of Stallman never attempt the definitive biography of a man who trusts his every thought to the public record. For

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