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- Roosevelt
- Jul 18, 2009
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I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.
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i sent rms an email requesting information about his height, and this was the reply
quote:
I am not on vacation, but I am at the end of a long time delay. I am
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Apr 12, 2018 02:19
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- Roosevelt
- Jul 18, 2009
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I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.
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shouldnt his personal data be open source???
free as in freedom my rear end!!
i hosed up because i mentioned open source. here's the email
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[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
> I apologize for bothering you. We're trying to settle an argument. Would
> you mind telling me your height?
Sorry, I don't publish that sort of personal data.
> Thank you, and extra thanks for all you've done for open software,
I'm afraid you've fallen pray to widespread misinformation.
You're probably thinking of open source -- but I don't support that
and never did anything for it.
On the contrary, the term "open source" was coined specifically
to reject what I stand for -- the free software movement.
I founded the free software movement to win freedom for
computer users, specifically the freedom to control our own
computing. The point of open source is to reject that idea
and never even talk about it.
See https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
for more explanation of the difference between free software and open
source. See also https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler for
Evgeny Morozov's article on the same point.
If you appreciate my work, please relate it to the free software
ethical principles that I've identified and fought for, not
with "open source". I hope you'll come to agree with them. See
https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html.
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