Richard Stallman: Sharing is Good... We Need to Legalise It

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-04-17 03:54:44 UTC
Modified: 2021-04-17 03:54:44 UTC

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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation's founder, explains his take on copyright and the artificial restriction being used against sharing

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