From the same Groklaw interview with Richard Stallman comes this wonderful gem of dialogue. Please note how the “reporter” agrees to do whatever Richard Stallman tells him, even when it’s something ridiculous like making his kids give up their game consoles. Stallman says it’s “unethical” for people to use game consoles because the code in those consoles is not “free.” (If only Nintendo would sign over its code to Stallman and the FSF so he could “protect” it and keep it “free,” then I guess we could use our Wiis in good conscience.)
Q: One final question. We’re seeing more and more devices, and I’m thinking specifically of games consoles — I know that my kids have one in the house — where there is no –
Richard Stallman: I wouldn’t. You have to learn how to say no to your kids.
Q: That’s true, that’s true, I wouldn’t deny it. Now, there is no free software at all for devices like this [correction: Yellow Dog supports some console(s)].
Richard Stallman: That’s why there is no possible ethical way you could use one, and so you shouldn’t have it.
Q: All right, I think I’ll take the kids out on the bike more often.
Richard Stallman: That would be much better for them.
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LudditeLenny // April 4, 2007 at 2:35 pm
I that RMS should have refused to speak into the recording device that the reporter was using during the interview because of the proprietary realtime OS it contained.
LudditeLenny // April 4, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I think that RMS should have refused to speak into the recording device that the reporter was using during the interview because of the proprietary realtime OS it contained.
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