orgthingy (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

nobody likes DRM.. watch Chris Pirillo (wrong spelling?) video about DRM then come here so I'd smack your face one more time

tuxxerrr (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

stallman get a life seriously.. your such a douche bag

powerman2442 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Yeah a lot of the good, well known, and most used open-source OSs are linked to repositories that have programs that work and have no additional code that is used to harm the user.

powerman2442 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I think you are thinking of freeware programs that you have no clue who made. I've never had an open-source software (OS or Program) that has has malicious features. Such as a freeware program like "Limewire".

latewire (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

google "uncyclopedia" and RMS for more info on this guy

cyborgtroy (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Richard Stallman is a pretty cool guy. Eh realizes that DRM is a futile response to piracy and doesn't afraid of anything.

rothkoaintdead (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

You criticised richard stallman saying:"There have been lots of cases of crackers secretly putting backdoors in free software"Q. how do you know that?He is very clear that open source > peer review > continual improvement.He could give us a tutorial about downloading 'finished' software from trusted repositories over a secure connection and checking the MD5 or SHA1. But that's ignoring the issue of how software is gradually developed toward that 'finished' state.

attractor89 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

One of the reasons why I'm unwilling to develop free software is I simply don't want to spend time dealing with corrupt programmers who either try changing its source code in a malicious way or steal it and use it for themselves. This is where non-free software gets its position. You never have to worry about your product if you don't distribute its code to millions of people. I didn't get your last statement though. Are you suggesting that users should subsidize software production?

mekanopsis1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Stallman is remarkable in that he's almost never wrong. But he does tend to oversimplify issues and take unrealistic positions. For example, saying that "no one would be tempted to put malicious features in free software". There have been lots of cases of crackers secretly putting backdoors in free software. He also sidesteps the issue of the economic production of software too much. Capitalism subsidizes the majority of fine artists; why couldn't we do the same for software?

attractor89 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

(continued)Don't get me wrong, but as far as I'm concerned, you can not do anything huge in the software market without a considerable amount of money. Even the biggest open source projects like Linux require that developers paid on a regular basis work hand-in-hand with one another to compete with closed-source software applications.