Free water The water we drink was once upon a time free. It was a free gift from nature. Gradually that changed. Even 20 years back people in my village could not believe that in cities they sell water. But now it's a reality everywhere and soon enough water became a political issue. So lot … Continue reading It All Began With Stallman
OSS, FOSS are diluted propitiatory software
IN 1983 the Free software movement began to free users from the chains of propitiatory software. At that time nobody gave or ascribed much importance to it. Companies and developers thought it was some Utopian idea and one that's never going to fulfill its goals. So none cared about ‘the ethics’ at that time. Only … Continue reading OSS, FOSS are diluted propitiatory software
The ‘Software Ethics’ Decoy
Nowadays I am seeing a lot of articles which talk about ethics of/in software. That made me wonder, what happened to the world? Does everyone become saints and angels except Saint IGNUcius? Most of these are coming from the OEM/open source software world. It is not a surprise to me. They will do anything to … Continue reading The ‘Software Ethics’ Decoy
Social Justice Warriors Are Like Policemen With Guns on the Street
American police is killing about 1,000 black people every year. Those are innocent unarmed black people. You may be wondering why police is killing these poor people. You may think that American policeman are bad, brutal criminals. Please don't think like that. American police is brave, it is patriotic. They cannot kill people without any … Continue reading Social Justice Warriors Are Like Policemen With Guns on the Street
Why Users Must Dictate the Free Software Movement?
For a capitalistic market to work all the things should be available in scarcity. Then, only those things get a selling value. Supply and demand rules decide that. If there is more of something or a greater quantity, you will get less per item (lower price). If a thing is abundant, then it will not … Continue reading Why Users Must Dictate the Free Software Movement?
Free Software Freedom Is Not A Freedom Of Choice
Freedom of choice is a popular idea. Mostly it is associated with markets. Usually when we hear the word "freedom" market automatically comes into our minds. We distribute things through the market. We, the consumer, buy things by paying money to the sellers in the market. If you want soap, you can go to the … Continue reading Free Software Freedom Is Not A Freedom Of Choice
In the Absence of Richard Stallman OEM Source Software (‘Open Source’) is Trying to Hijack Even Emacs
In 1983 an unknown (at the time) person began the Free software movement — a movement by which to free users from the software chaining them with corrupt copyright laws. He and his group, the Free Software Foundation, worked for decades to turn the idea into reality. Now millions of people are using their software … Continue reading In the Absence of Richard Stallman OEM Source Software (‘Open Source’) is Trying to Hijack Even Emacs
Techies Should Not Dictate the Free Software Movement
In 1983 Richard Stallman, a great thinker and technologist of our time, began the Free software movement. Its purpose was to produce software that respected users' rights. Stallman did this because he saw the injustice proprietary software was doing to users. He could not bear that injustice and therefore he started the Free Software movement … Continue reading Techies Should Not Dictate the Free Software Movement
Use and throw culture based on lies can’t be coming from Free Software philosophy
In any society there will always lot of heavy works to be done. Sometimes it may not be visible and sometime its happen as a sudden disaster. For example 9/11 was a sudden disaster. 2,977 people got killed immediately. The twin towers fell down. Huge amount of debris and dust piled up. Nobody knows whether … Continue reading Use and throw culture based on lies can’t be coming from Free Software philosophy
Free software is not an ethical issue, its a user right issue
In 1983 Richard Stallman began the battle of software freedom. Nobody was with him at that time. He alone fought for it. This happened when he faced an injustice while using the Xerox printer software. So he decided that he will work for creating softwares that give justice to its users. So he started developing … Continue reading Free software is not an ethical issue, its a user right issue
No justification for Stallman’s resignation
Richard Stallman, the founder of Free Software Movement, resigned. Did he do something wrong? No. He had some wrong beliefs that he openly told to a semi private email list. Thats a good thing. He openly said things. So others get opportunity to correct him. Right? No. It created a land slide. Finally he was … Continue reading No justification for Stallman’s resignation
How Richard Stallman repealed Dodd-Frank Act
After 2008 financial crash, US government come up with a new law called Dodd-Frank Act. It put new regulations to bankers so that there will not be any more financial crisis in the future. But bankers dont like regulation. So there were lot of discussions against the law in the media and other events, and … Continue reading How Richard Stallman repealed Dodd-Frank Act
Open source is just OEM source software
Open source software is just fake name used for a trojen horse to destroy Free Software Movement, which is defending the right of users. It is nothing but a new name for the old concept of OEM. OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. It is a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed … Continue reading Open source is just OEM source software
What is Free Software and Copyleft?
During 1983 Richard Stallman of MIT got some particular idea about software usage. It was about giving full rights to software users. He called it Copyleft. Its inverted copyright. The concept of copyleft was described in Richard Stallman's GNU Manifesto in 1985. You can read more about it here. Based on that he created 4 … Continue reading What is Free Software and Copyleft?
Do not make free software as your source of income, it will make you weak, politically
When Richard Stallman began Free Software Foundation in 1984 there was nobody to help him. There is no money. So he cannot recruit anybody to work for the foundation. So he volunteered for that work saying himself “Stallman dont need any money so recruit him!”. Rest of the 2 decades nobody cared about free software. … Continue reading Do not make free software as your source of income, it will make you weak, politically
Things we miss while punishing Richard Stallman
[I am not an English speaker. But I am not sorry for that. Because bloody English is part of bloody British colonialism from that we are still suffering.] The beginning Richard Stalman, the founder of Free Software Foundation, was forced to resign from his own institution that he created and built. This became a big … Continue reading Things we miss while punishing Richard Stallman
MIT has a long history of normalizing evil
Liberal outrage and white supremacy: the case of Epstein MIT’s role in vast crimes against non-white individuals seems to matter less to the university establishment In recent weeks, condemnations of MIT’s Media Lab — a place usually lavished with praise — kept rolling in. The lab’s director, Joi Ito, was criticized for taking billionaire Jeffrey … Continue reading MIT has a long history of normalizing evil