94 points

leaving a message just because it’s important that stallman knows there are many people wishing him well, and how much respect there’s for him. I kindly invite others to leave a message as well.

permalink
report
reply
10 points

RMS, you are a world class hero. It scares me to imagine a world where one needs to audit on perpetuity or reverse engineer everything just to have a little peace of mind. I wish for activists with your passion and energy in every field of knowledge.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

Here here! 🍻 We need more Stallmans in the world! My views on software, privacy, and so much more are informed greatly by his ideas and work. He’s a legend.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

With love, A linux user.

permalink
report
parent
reply
49 points

Fuck cancer. Get well soon, Richard.

permalink
report
reply

legit made me very sad when I saw the pics, wish he gets well soon!

permalink
report
reply
22 points

He always looked like a FOSS Santa, this is really weird.

permalink
report
parent
reply
44 points
*

RMS is the patron saint (and prophet) of open source. Like all saints he can be an A-hole zealot.

I want to thank Richard for being the a-hole zealot the world has needed. The whole F-ing world is in debt to his relentless, tireless work.

permalink
report
reply
34 points

I don’t want to be pedantic in reply to a heartfelt comment but since I believe Richard himself would say this: he advocates for free software which is fundamentally different from open source.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

You’re right, and anyone who thinks otherwise should check out Revolution OS. He speaks about it in detail.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RYQVkQmWU

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RYQVkQmWU

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

He’s someone I think who will truly be appreciated when its to late. Like when we’re getting our amazon anal trackers inserted by our yearly google healthcare visit we’ll have a moment that we should have appreciated him morw

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

We won’t be licensed to have that thought due to the Musk chips in our brains, without which we will be unable to get health insurance.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Semi independent thoughts now available for the discount price of $999 a month!*

*Terms and conditions may apply

permalink
report
parent
reply
33 points

Fun fact, Richard Stallman named one of the FOSS games I worked on. I wish the very best for him.

permalink
report
reply
15 points

Flare?

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

Indeed. It used to be called OSARE (Open source action rpg engine) until RMS pointed out it should be Free/Libre not Open Source. So we changed the name!

permalink
report
parent
reply

Open Source

!opensource@lemmy.ml

Create post

All about open source! Feel free to ask questions, and share news, and interesting stuff!

Useful Links

Rules

  • Posts must be relevant to the open source ideology
  • No NSFW content
  • No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon from opensource.org, but we are not affiliated with them.

Community stats

  • 3.8K

    Monthly active users

  • 1.8K

    Posts

  • 30K

    Comments