• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Think about him personally what you will, but professionally, he is the reason why we can have digital personal property today. Also the stuff he did for computing is objectively good.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    an entire section rewritten into raw logical statements

    Nobody could misunderstand this!

     ~ A  
     A • B  
     A ∨ ~ C 
     C ⊃ (B ∨ A) 
     ~ (~ B ≡ C) 
     (A ∨ ~B) ≡ (C ⊃ A) 
     [A ∨ ~ (C ∨ B)] 
    
  • pack@sh.itjust.works
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    Stallman eats things off his feet, is a terminal creep around women, and a terrible songwriter. But he’s been correct about software licensing, how companies will use and abuse Free software, and enormously consistent about it over the years.

    So yeah, he kinda sucks, but when he talks about licensing and freedom, I listen.