What Is Free Software?

What Is Free Software?

¿Sabían que Richard Stallman prefiere usar su computadora personal sin conectarse directamente a la navegación por internet para evitar ser rastreado?
Este programador es el creador del proyecto GNU y uno de los principales impulsores del software libre en el mundo. Su compromiso con la privacidad es tan estricto que durante años desarrolló un método para leer sitios web enviando correos electrónicos a un servidor especial que le regresaba el contenido de la página en formato de texto. De esta manera, podía obtener la información que necesitaba sin que las empresas de publicidad pudieran saber quién estaba visitando sus portales.
Stallman también es conocido por cargar siempre con su propia computadora portátil, que tiene un sistema operativo compuesto exclusivamente por programas libres. Él no utiliza teléfonos inteligentes ni dispositivos que contengan software que no pueda ser revisado o modificado por el usuario, ya que considera que cualquier programa que no sea libre es una herramienta de control sobre las personas. Su estilo de vida demuestra que para él la libertad digital no es solo una idea técnica, sino una forma de vivir basada en el respeto a la independencia de cada individuo frente a la tecnología.
— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso
Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot
#RichardStallman #SoftwareLibre #Privacidad #Tecnología #GNU

In movies and books one dimensional, boring sort of characters, are those that never change throughout the story. Good stories contain character growth. A change in the character's world view. Think of Jake Sully in Avatar: He starts as a marine, ready to shoot and kill every living thing on Pandora. And end up being the leader of Pandoran resistance. On the internet people tend to think that other people are set in stone when it comes to their believes. That other people are one dimensional characters without character growth what so ever. If one is born with a flaw, or has a recorded history of a flaw, therefore, using the logic of the citizens of the internet, this flaw is unremovable, untouchable, and unchangeable truth representing this person's every second of existence. That is so silly. The world is full of character growth. The world is full of people learning new things. The world is full of people that change their mind.

As big techs trancaram as formas de se relacionar, espalham ódio e ameaçam democracias. Refém, Brasil já foi vanguarda em políticas de incentivo ao software livre – e poderia fazê-lo novamente. Conheça a rede social que oferece autonomia na prática
Soberania Digital: por que ocupar o Fediverso?
As big techs trancaram as formas de se relacionar, espalham ódio e ameaçam democracias. Refém, Brasil já foi vanguarda em políticas de incentivo ao software livre – e poderia fazê-lo novamente. Conheça a rede social que oferece autonomia na práticahttps://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/soberania-digital-por-que-ocupar-o-fediverso/
Ultimately, to trust a computer, you have to trust its manufacturer and nation's government, because they could build exploits into the silicon or circuits themselves, which software can't see. Last year, the US govt took a 10% stake in (and has jurisdiction over) Intel Corp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vrms
#computers #trust #government #richardstallman #intel
Free as in Freedom:
https://devblog.libreqos.com/posts/0015-free-as-in-freedom/
I’m @herberticus, lead developer of #LibreQoS. I joined not long after Robert Chacón and @mtaht got the ball rolling, added #IPv6 support, and created most of the #Rust parts, C parts, etc.. cc @rms @BrucePerens_K6BP
#OpenSource #FLOSS #bufferbloat #latency #jitter #QoE #FOSS #LibreQoSInsight #RFC8290 #FQ_CoDel #sch_CAKE #ISP #QoS #BandwidthIsALIE #broadband #GNU #GPL #GPLv2 #DaveTaht #LowLatency #QualityOfExperience
#RichardStallman
The hacker ethic refers to the feelings of right and wrong, to the ethical ideas this community of people had -- that knowledge should be shared with other people who can benefit from it, and that important resources should be utilized rather than wasted.
-- Richard Stallman (MEME 2.04)
Recopilación del boletín de noticias de la Free Software Foundation – abril de 2026
Recopilación y traducción del boletín mensual de noticias relacionadas con el software libre publicado por la Free Software Foundation.If you are busy reposting #rms #RichardStallman because you agree with something he said, ask yourself if you also agree with his history of being a sex pest, fantasizing about underage girls, defending #epstein friends, and manufacturing narratives that blame the children abused by him for their assaults.
Why the hell is anyone following that piece of shit in 2026?
For the unaware: https://www.norcalpublicmedia.org/npr-news-feed-national/free-software-pioneer-quits-mit-over-his-comments-on-epstein-sex-trafficking-case