Looking at his open source code, was RMS a good programmer?
>>53562711
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>>53562695
GNU find makes me thing gnu wasn't such a great idea
nobody is a "good programmer"
>>53562695
He wasn't the best at programming, but GNU worked, and the open source community made it great. He was a much better visionary than programmer, and had the motivation to build his own set of free software tools, which nobody else had done before him.
>>53562695
No. Have you ever read GNU code?
Fucking hideous
Why the fuck would he place his thinkpad on a trashcan
>>53562838
Urban Coding
>>53562838
because he's a faggot
>>53562792
So all this FOSS talk is just philosophico-political BS, it doesn't have much to do with actual technology. It's about rights of ownership, property, right of use, nothing about actual technology, it's just some Communist ideology for software.
>>53562995
If GNU wasn't FOSS, we wouldn't have a free Linux distribution, or at least it would have taken a few extra years to get there.
>>53562838
gnu runs on trash
>>53562995
Well, it's kinda both. To an extent yet, it's just an ideology thing, but it's a good one--it's meant to go against all the proprietary bullshit that's just squeezing the customer for money, harder and harder as they get used to it (subscription fees, etc.). But the idea is that it's good for the quality of the code because literally everyone in the world who gives a shit can proofread and give their input.
>>53563095
Wouldn't this technically be a compliment?
rms is a macarthur genius, which basically means someone gave him more money than most "startups" get, just for being him. also math55 faggot.
>>53562695
Better than you that's for sure.
>>53562995
it has to do with freedom.
There's no original code written by RMS anymore.
>>53562695
He looks like a pedo leeching wifi.
>>53564120
>>53563542
But that argument leads to Communism. If you can't make money by creating a product or providing a service and everyone is supposed to get stuff for free and private ownership of software is forbidden, it's basically software Communism.
>>53562695
does he keep posting about himself here
>>53564567
> but if the government stops inhibiting the free market by enforcing artificial monopolies from a by-gone era, that would be Communism!
I'm afraid you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick there, friend.
Further reading:
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eginMQBWII4
>>53564567
>software communism
So then I guess Red Hat and Canonical are communist companies?
>>53564567
No one is saying you can't charge money for software anon
they're just asking for open source and non-cunty licenses
>>53564567
You can sell the software. You just have to provide the source code while doing it.
No part of the GPLv3 requires the code be financially free.
>>53565768
>red hat
>red
>not communist
>>53566318
>red hat
>hat
>fedora
>not autistic
Open Source software uses peer production which is an element of communism. It's funny how people in this thread are using communism as a boogeymen word.
>>53562695
>my feet hurt.jpg
He was supposedly a great programmer on account of his MIT friends. At least was able to reverse engineer fast.
>>53564567
>But that argument leads to Communism
No, THIS argument leads to Communism.
Closed source software is like guns.
If no one had closed source software, there would be no need. But many have closed source software, so to protect your intellectual property from being stolen and used by other companies secretly, closed source is necessary.
Just like if no one had a gun, guns would be unnecessary.
>>53563095
Underrated
how the fuck did this lead into politics. holy fuck you guys are really autistic.
