Richard Stallman & Future of Software Innovation
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Richard StallmanThe trouble with Software Innovation: from past to presentOnce upon a time, a bottleneck on software development innovation was access to computers.Over time, as access to computing became prevalent and software industry became a big part of the economy, the bottleneck on software development innovation switched from access to compute (since computers became ubiquitous) to the new type of development: in pursuit of profits, corporations started to restrict open access to software.To counteract this new development, a very important movement was started, led by people like Richard Stallman.For those who need a refresher: Richard Stallman leads the Free Software Movement, which shows how the usual non-free software subjects users to the unjust power of its developers, (...)
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