FSF and Politics

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-03-29 23:10:30 UTC
Modified: 2021-03-29 23:10:30 UTC

RMS roots

Summary: The paper above is not new, but it helps connect the FSF to politics. "BTW," says the person who sent us a tip about it, "speaking of right-wing, I've found a 20 pages paper a few days ago, where a person from Sweden traces a direct link between Popper and Hayek (the fathers of neo-liberalism) and the things Eric Raymond says to distinguish OSS/OSI from Libre/FSF. I loved it, as is the kind of work I like to do. It's also a good example of the things I usually try to warn when talking to software people and call for "politics", "culture", "society", "history", and stuff like that. Here's the link." [PDF]

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