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Richard Stallman Still Works to Improve the Freedom of the Widely-Used RasPi (Produced in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation)



New video from/with Mr. RasPi, Eben Upton



Summary: "As of December 2019, more than thirty million [Raspberry Pi] boards have been sold," according to Wikipedia and Richard Stallman (RMS) is working to make them more freedom-respecting; Eben Upton takes his advice to heart, making the vision of FSF hardware endorsements (RYF) seem increasingly fruitful and promising

THE "RMS RULES", as Mr. Raspberry Pi has put it, are being taken seriously as blobs are gradually being removed from new generations of Raspberry Pi (the original was released 8 years ago). A Raspberry Pi computer is currently being used to monitor Techrights and issue visual alerts (with lights and sounds) in case of critical issues/downtimes.



"A Raspberry Pi computer is currently being used to monitor Techrights and issue visual alerts (with lights and sounds) in case of issues/downtimes."RMS might not be publicly visible anymore (there are very few videos of him from 2020, COVID partly to blame), but he's still active by E-mail and other means. I speak to him on occasions. Word on the street is (to borrow slang/idiom), he's waiting for the right moment to make a comeback. He'll be back (not just as GNU's head but also public speaker and so on). Don't strike him out as "retired", as some have, as he's extremely active -- albeit not in the public eye -- for a person in so-called 'retirement'. His 'cancellation' last year failed to complete (he's in charge of GNU) and it was based on distortions, lies and deception (even internally, inside the FSF).

When I last met RMS in person (a long time ago) I suggested to him that hardware vendors should add a physical switch to laptops' microphones. He took my suggestion seriously. He's definitely picky or extremely selective in whose advice he accepts, but people whom he trusts he can be exceptionally amicable and attentive to. The world around him is generally hostile towards him because he thinks for himself and disagrees with many aspects of the status quo. Like Linus Torvalds (awful to compare those two men, I'm well aware) he's not shy or reluctant to say outrageous things provided they're factually accurate. That's what typically gets both of them in trouble. We ought to protect both persons' freedom of speech. Otherwise the 'speech police' will work to oppress all of us -- by extrapolation so to speak -- by targeting perceived leaders or influencers, even if just to "set an example..." (deterrence)

The Free software movement (extension of the 'hacker culture') was established not to obey authority but to disobey corporate power, question abuse (or misuse) of power, and liberate geeks from financial rulers.

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