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'''Richard Matthew Stallman''' | '''Richard Matthew Stallman''' (1953–) also known as '''RMS''', is an [[America]]n [[free software]] advocate and programmer. Stallman is associated with the GNU Project, the GNU Public License (GPL), and the Free Software Foundation (FSF), as well as developing the GNU Emacs text editor. Stallman is considered to have founded the free software movement when he began the FSF in 1983. He has struggled against private interests in the software industry for forty years and continues to advocate for his views. | ||
Stallman's political beliefs could be characterized as idiosyncratically [[left-libertarian]]; in addition to his support for user freedoms, Stallman is a frequent critic of [[right-libertarianism]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Glossary: ''Laissez-mourir'' | website=Richard Stallman's Personal Page | date=2022-02-05 | url=https://stallman.org/glossary.html#laissez-mourir | ref={{sfnref | Richard Stallman's Personal Page | 2022}} | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> and modern [[bourgeois democracy]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Why We Need A State | website=Richard Stallman's Personal Page | date=2013-12-16 | url=https://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html | ref={{sfnref | Richard Stallman's Personal Page | 2013}} | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> maintaining that modern social issues stem from [[capitalist]]ic ("plutocratic") influence over the [[state]] rather than from the state form itself. However, Stallman has also stated that "[[profit]] is not wrong in itself" and "free software combines some capitalist ideas, some socialist ideas and some anarchist ideas. So it doesn’t fit into the usual political spectrum."<ref name="india">{{cite web | last=Srinivasan | first=Sriram | title=The Stallman philosophy | website=Economic Times Blog | date=2012-02-13 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/Filtercoffee/the-stallman-philosophy/ | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> On his personal blog, Stallman insistently refers to police as "thugs". Stallman is an associate and advocate of journalist [[Julian Assange]]. | Stallman's political beliefs could be characterized as idiosyncratically [[left-libertarian]]; in addition to his support for user freedoms, Stallman is a frequent critic of [[right-libertarianism]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Glossary: ''Laissez-mourir'' | website=Richard Stallman's Personal Page | date=2022-02-05 | url=https://stallman.org/glossary.html#laissez-mourir | ref={{sfnref | Richard Stallman's Personal Page | 2022}} | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> and modern [[bourgeois democracy]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Why We Need A State | website=Richard Stallman's Personal Page | date=2013-12-16 | url=https://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html | ref={{sfnref | Richard Stallman's Personal Page | 2013}} | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> maintaining that modern social issues stem from [[capitalist]]ic ("plutocratic") influence over the [[state]] rather than from the state form itself. However, Stallman has also stated that "[[profit]] is not wrong in itself" and "free software combines some capitalist ideas, some socialist ideas and some anarchist ideas. So it doesn’t fit into the usual political spectrum."<ref name="india">{{cite web | last=Srinivasan | first=Sriram | title=The Stallman philosophy | website=Economic Times Blog | date=2012-02-13 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/Filtercoffee/the-stallman-philosophy/ | access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> On his personal blog, Stallman insistently refers to police as "thugs". Stallman is an associate and advocate of journalist [[Julian Assange]]. | ||
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Revision as of 23:23, 20 August 2023
Richard Matthew Stallman (1953–) also known as RMS, is an American free software advocate and programmer. Stallman is associated with the GNU Project, the GNU Public License (GPL), and the Free Software Foundation (FSF), as well as developing the GNU Emacs text editor. Stallman is considered to have founded the free software movement when he began the FSF in 1983. He has struggled against private interests in the software industry for forty years and continues to advocate for his views.
Stallman's political beliefs could be characterized as idiosyncratically left-libertarian; in addition to his support for user freedoms, Stallman is a frequent critic of right-libertarianism[1] and modern bourgeois democracy,[2] maintaining that modern social issues stem from capitalistic ("plutocratic") influence over the state rather than from the state form itself. However, Stallman has also stated that "profit is not wrong in itself" and "free software combines some capitalist ideas, some socialist ideas and some anarchist ideas. So it doesn’t fit into the usual political spectrum."[3] On his personal blog, Stallman insistently refers to police as "thugs". Stallman is an associate and advocate of journalist Julian Assange.
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Controversy
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See also
References
- ↑ "Glossary: Laissez-mourir". Richard Stallman's Personal Page. 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ "Why We Need A State". Richard Stallman's Personal Page. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Sriram (2012-02-13). "The Stallman philosophy". Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
External links
- Stallman.org, Stallman's personal site
- Free as in Freedom , 2002 biography of Stallman available on Wikisource under a GNU Free Documentation License