Comments on: Free software, the hacker community, and libertarianism? http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Free software… and libertarianism? | Financems - Recently Updated Finance Blog http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-20732 Free software… and libertarianism? | Financems - Recently Updated Finance Blog Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:33:45 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-20732 [...] subject match, I know. I saw this post entitled, “Free software, the hacker community and libertarianism?” highlighted at Technorati, so I went clicked on the link to have a look. An interesting post from [...] [...] subject match, I know. I saw this post entitled, “Free software, the hacker community and libertarianism?” highlighted at Technorati, so I went clicked on the link to have a look. An interesting post from [...]

]]> By: Carl Brown http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10369 Carl Brown Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:57:37 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10369 Any discussion on this subject should include <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/" title="a link to the definitive resource for Free Software philosophy." rel="nofollow"></a> Any discussion on this subject should include

]]> By: Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10368 Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties - Homeland Stupidity Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:52:21 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10368 [...] If you’re not sure if it will be worth contributing, I invite you to wait until next month and evaluate my coverage of the New Hampshire Liberty Forum. You can also evaluate my coverage of the HOPE Number Six conference last July: Free software, the hacker community, and libertarianism?; Saving the world with eBooks; Keep HOPE alive; Privacy Is Dead: Get Over It. [...] [...] If you’re not sure if it will be worth contributing, I invite you to wait until next month and evaluate my coverage of the New Hampshire Liberty Forum. You can also evaluate my coverage of the HOPE Number Six conference last July: Free software, the hacker community, and libertarianism?; Saving the world with eBooks; Keep HOPE alive; Privacy Is Dead: Get Over It. [...]

]]> By: David Shvartsman http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10367 David Shvartsman Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:56:15 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10367 Interesting. Thank you, Michael. Interesting. Thank you, Michael.

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10366 Michael Hampton Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:49:54 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10366 I keep forgetting that not everyone knows nearly as much about computers as I do. Silly mistake. :) But the principle of liberty applies just as well to computer software as it does to politics; the issue, as Stallman pointed out, is the same. Who is to decide what you do with your computer -- you or someone else? And who is to decide what you do with your life -- you or someone else? In both cases, I believe the right answer is libertarian in nature. I gather Stallman counts from zero because that's how computers count. I keep forgetting that not everyone knows nearly as much about computers as I do. Silly mistake. :)

But the principle of liberty applies just as well to computer software as it does to politics; the issue, as Stallman pointed out, is the same. Who is to decide what you do with your computer — you or someone else? And who is to decide what you do with your life — you or someone else? In both cases, I believe the right answer is libertarian in nature.

I gather Stallman counts from zero because that’s how computers count.

]]> By: David Shvartsman http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10365 David Shvartsman Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:17:46 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10365 Hi, I don't know much about computers and open source debate, but I did find this article interesting. Particularly in the way the subject was tied to the principle of liberty. By the way, why does Stallman begin his freedom count from 0? Is it a "1s and 0s" binary thing or does he simply consider zero to be the correct starting point for a count. Silly question I know, but... Hi,

I don’t know much about computers and open source debate, but I did
find this article interesting. Particularly in the way the
subject was tied to the principle of liberty.

By the way, why does Stallman begin his freedom count from 0? Is it a
“1s and 0s” binary thing or does he simply consider zero to be the
correct starting point for a count. Silly question I know, but…

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10364 Michael Hampton Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:08:38 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10364 It's simple: We just don't buy DRM-protected files. Okay, that's not that simple. But when the demand for computers which control people dries up, so will the money, and the corporations will have to change at that point. It’s simple: We just don’t buy DRM-protected files.

Okay, that’s not that simple. But when the demand for computers which control people dries up, so will the money, and the corporations will have to change at that point.

]]> By: ReichstagBurnsAgain http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10363 ReichstagBurnsAgain Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:33:16 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10363 Microsoft has plans for integrating hardware-based Digital Rights Management into Vista in the near future. During the first years of Vista's release, hardware-based DRM will be inactive and Microsoft will likely downplay this “feature” so we can all slowly give-in to their demands. They dream of a perfect world where every computer must ask for permission on the web, using our credit card and/or credentials, each time we open an application or a file. Of course, there will be an option to disable this "feature." However, if all software companies join the hardware-based DRM club, which apps will we use and how will we open our DRM protected files? The price of software will likely skyrocket and Microsoft, as well as other big software companies, will lobby-under-the-table with congressmen to make this "feature" the law of the land. Microsoft has plans for integrating hardware-based Digital Rights Management into Vista in the near future. During the first years of Vista’s release, hardware-based DRM will be inactive and Microsoft will likely downplay this “feature” so we can all slowly give-in to their demands. They dream of a perfect world where every computer must ask for permission on the web, using our credit card and/or credentials, each time we open an application or a file.

Of course, there will be an option to disable this “feature.” However, if all software companies join the hardware-based DRM club, which apps will we use and how will we open our DRM protected files? The price of software will likely skyrocket and Microsoft, as well as other big software companies, will lobby-under-the-table with congressmen to make this “feature” the law of the land.

]]> By: Rob Miller http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10362 Rob Miller Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:36:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/21/free-software-the-hacker-community-and-libertarianism/#comment-10362 Was it fun? :) Was it fun? :)

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