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02.10.14

Richard Stallman Explains His Position on Google

Posted in TechBytes Video at 4:49 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

TechBytes with Stallman

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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation’s founder, talks about Google’s descent into “evil”


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