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Eben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMS

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What it is

A clip in which Eben Moglen tells how he grew up when software was freer and how his path crossed Richard Stallman's. He describes how they came to work together to make software free again.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited for a short talk that frames graphical interfaces as point-and-grunt versus language-based Unix, and for showing Moglen's regard for Stallman.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “only 10 minutes long but jam packed with wisdom”

    Short talk framing GUIs as point-and-grunt versus language-based Unix

    marble-drink, 2019-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Learn Just a Little Awk (2010)”

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Topics: eben moglen, richard stallman, gpl, fsf, unix

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