Recently, I saw someone on Zhihu and his personal website (http, s://www, point lulinux point com/archives/4222) abusing Mr. Richard Stallman, who has made great contributions to society and his mates. It is not difficult to see that while he scolded the Great God in extreme language, he said that the other party was extreme. So let's explore the logical errors of such people, and - why the ideas of the free software movement are right.

I don't want to scold anyone in writing this article, I just want to bring out these absurd mistakes so that they can correct this extreme logic.

foreword

First of all, we should assume that Mr. Stallman and the FSF and the free software community are really as bad as he says they are, will they still be as strong as they are today? Mr. Stallman has come to my country's Tsinghua University and other schools to give speeches many times. FSF, GNU and his personal website can be accessed in mainland China. Our Open Source China community is the official community designated by the country's "Open Source Software Promotion Alliance" (see the bottom of Open Source China's webpage). Even the license agreement (http://www.cs2c.com.cn/news/index.php?id=1001) of my country's "Bid Winning Kylin" distribution clearly states, "You can and must "GNU GPL-GNU General Public License" copying, modifying and distributing the software that complies with the "GNU GPL-GNU General Public License" agreement in Kylin Advanced Server Operating System software products"

That being the case, if Stallman and FSF are really that extreme, their websites will surely be rejected by everyone, and then blocked from access in mainland China, and my country will not allow Mr. Stallman to enter and speak at domestic universities.

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Let's first look at the absurdity of this article and some others:

Ridiculous point 1.

"I don't understand how a commercial company dares to accept these overlord terms. Could it be that he was "drunk" by Bergwolf's rough translation? Look at Peterrk's standard translation, it's time to sober up!" {https://www.lulinux. com/archives/3370 }

If GNU/GPL is so scary, why do many companies and software (Red Hat, Canonical, Linux, MySQL, some software made by the LinuxMint team, MPC-HC, VLC, VirtualBox) still prefer to use GPL? Are they all fools? impossible?

Those commercial companies that use the GNU GPL license aren't stupid enough to find someone who understands English to read the English version, right? What's more, what is "how can a commercial company dare to accept these overlord clauses"? GPL is a license to others, how can it in turn make a company "accept these bully terms"? How can a copyright notice have such an exaggerated effect?

Ridiculous point 2.

"I found this GPL agreement to be very domineering. It is simply reaching out for pirated copies to crack the overlord clause that the party supports."

If you really think so, then please consider: MIT/BSD/WTFPL/Apache These licenses are more relaxed for users, why don't you criticize these non-copyleft (copyleft) licenses?

Ridiculous point 3.

"The presence of developers in the free software movement is almost nil"

See: https://fsfs-en.readthedocs.io/en/latest/imperfection-isnt-oppression/

If you think a particular extension in a piece of free software is important, please do so in a way that respects our contributions. Don't criticize those who have contributed useful code to us.

Does this seem like ignoring what the developer community has to say?

More importantly - in the free software community, there are no fixed roles such as "developers" and "little white users", and every user can be a potential author! People who want to contribute to the community can write a foundation, other users can add the functions they want, and then copy everything everyone designed, and finally merge these codes, the original author can use this and greatly reduce the burden .

So, some people can be forgiven for not feeling that the role of "developer" exists. But running out blind is your fault.

Ridiculous point 4.

"In this world, the user who doesn't work and doesn't pay is the uncle, and the thankless developer is the grandson of the turtle. Don't mention the name and the website of the grandson of the turtle frequently, because then there will be suspicion of "commercial advertising". It's taboo in their world."

First point out a common sense mistake of bloggers - in the free software community, everyone has to participate in cooperation with others, in Mr. Stallman's article, [https://fsfs-zh.readthedocs.io/zh/ latest/pragmatic/]

"Being part of our community means working with us; we can't 'bring them into our community' if they don't want to."

It has been made clear.

The so-called user refers to the person who uses it. Can't they participate in the development? Both share the good stuff and lighten the load for the original author.

Also, I've rummaged through the book, and there's no such thing as "don't mention names and sites frequently." And strictly speaking, the free software community does not exclude business, [https://fsfs-zh.readthedocs.io/zh/latest/words-to-avoid/]

"If you have a free software support business, you can have customers, and you can trade with them in the marketplace. As long as you still respect their freedom, we wish you success in your marketplace. "

The free software community never excludes commercial advertising, as long as you respect the freedom of your users. What Mr. Stallman is advocating is that functional works (such as software) must be free, non-functional works must at least be shareable (ie, non-commercial distribution of original copies), don't use SaaSS for these.

Ridiculous point 5.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say that Stallman has paranoid personality disorder. When normal people use SaaS services like Google Translate, they usually think about the benefits this free tool brings to themselves, not the so-called security issues behind it. According to Stallman Toman's logic, if you hand over your broken car to a repair shop, the maintenance worker will control your car; if you go to the doctor when you are sick, the doctor will control your body; if you go to a restaurant, the chef will control yourself. Therefore, these are unjust. Then I have to ask: what else in this world is worthy of Stallman's trust? Does everything have to be handled "freely" by yourself?? You Stallman You're not free to be born, because you can't control how your parents made you."

The first point,

Mr. Stallman is against SaaSS instead of SaaS. Mr. Stallman used the term SaaS to represent those behaviors that control the computing process of others, but later he felt that the word was not suitable, and he came up with a term called SaaSS. [https://fsfs-en.readthedocs.io/en/latest/who-does-that-server-really-serve/]

Furthermore,

Does the average car manufacturer force you to go to an official repair shop to get your car repaired? Did the doctor who delivered you force you to go to him to see a doctor if you get sick in the future? Do restaurant chefs require you to eat at their restaurant? Have you ever forced you to pack your meals home and then add salt and seasoning or research how to do it yourself? What 's even more ridiculous is that your parents and your own genes are naturally generated, not someone else wrote it for you and then refused to hand over control. Therefore, it can be seen from this point that these words do not think deeply at all, but criticize others at will. It seems that in the eyes of extreme people, rational people will be regarded as extreme.

SaaSS 和 SaaS

Originally, we called this problematic practice "SaaS," which means Software as a Service. This phrase is often used to refer to deploying software on a server rather than providing copies to its users. We believed at the time that the phrase was an accurate description of what was actually happening when these problems occurred.

Then we started to realize that the phrase SaaS is sometimes used for communication services - and the name doesn't apply to these activities. Also, the phrase "software as a service" doesn't explain why this is a bad practice, so we coined the phrase "service as a software replacement" to give more clarity to this bad practice definition, and explain why it is bad.

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Ridiculous point 6.

"It is self-evident that patents play a progressive role in technological creation and productivity development"

Is it really? Please see here: "https://wenku.baidu.com/view/06ce974c8762caaedc33d415.html"

If I were to evaluate the patent system, then I would make this very clear: a patent is essentially a tax on others, it is only used to prohibit others from using the same idea to make the same or different things. In the last century, the patent system did promote invention, but for small companies, they would only be surrounded by various patents and could not implement their innovative works. Because many commonly used ideas have been monopolized by big companies. Especially software patents , a mathematical formula that can be used by countless other software to do countless other things . Is it a good thing to monopolize them into the hands of one person? What's more, using other people's inspiration to make new things (not plagiarism) is itself an innovation, shouldn't it be encouraged?

Ridiculous point 7.

"GPL is a pit for software developers" {https://www.lulinux.com/archives/3388 }

Oh, and if that's the case, then there are quite a few developers using this protocol too? Oh, I see, you are smarter than these developers! Then why don't you start a company by yourself, kill W soft in seconds, and pedal Intel?

Also, you actually refer to the GPL as "getting developers to accept the GPL agreement, which is an inappropriate analogy, like asking a woman to take off her pants and say "my body is public, for the freedom of virgins, Share me! " , as an advanced user who can open a website, you actually use this pornographic language to describe a strict copyright license? Where is the upbringing ?

Ridiculous point 8.

"Comrade Stallman wants the whole peaceful business society to collapse"

Is it really so? As mentioned in Article 4 above, the community encourages business.

Ridiculous point 9.

"GNU itself has said that the GPL has no legal effect in other countries, and it is a piece of waste paper if it leaves the United States."

Sorry, you are wrong, please see here: "https://wenku.baidu.com/view/6a2cf6c450e2524de5187e55.html?from=search"

As mentioned at the end, in Germany there were several such cases between 2004 and 2005 - the defendant was sued for violating the GPL, and almost every time the plaintiff had to win. It seems that the sister organization of my big FSF in Germany is quite powerful! =v=

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Why is the idea of the free software movement correct?

First of all, let's clarify what software does. Isn't software a bunch of instructions that control how a computer runs ? If it is not possible to control these codes , how can we control how our computers work ?

Furthermore, if we are forbidden to share documents , the cooperative nature of society is weakened, and it will only become more and more alienated from each other .

Friends who have watched "Children of the Internet" should know that the copyright system in the United States has already made public anger because it is too authoritarian, and the picture of the demonstration at the end is really exciting!

Prism/Mirrorgate incident, Intel ME, Secure Boot, Boot Guard, Stallman had warned about the catastrophic consequences of software privatization 30 years ago (see http://www.ruanyifeng for details) .com/blog/2012/01/richard_stallman_was_right_all_along.html)! Isn't that enough to justify Stallman's ideas?

SaaSS is also really bad for the user, because you can't see the calculation process and can't take it apart like a juicer at home. Strictly speaking, software itself is not a tool, but an instruction to command the big tool of the computer. Just like you have to figure out how to operate your juicer. Is it a good thing if your juicer or refrigerator is operated by a completely unfamiliar other hand that doesn't allow you to specify how that hand will operate the juicer or refrigerator?

If Mr. Stallman is really that extreme, it is impossible for the domestic media to interview him, let alone give him the opportunity to give a speech at a Chinese university.

{ http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwOTA3NTEzMw==&mid=205795425&idx=1&sn=dcec99b546a466e773be93a8f3e6d904&scene }

The opposite is true.

Regardless of whether some people are ignorant of history or jealous of Mr. Stallman, you have no right to criticize a great man who has made great contributions to society and has gained a lot of respect! Some people, who can't do both public welfare and business like Stallman and the free software community, are full of jealousy, and they even come to criticize others. This kind of person can only be described with one word - vulgar!

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Fuds, you have no right to slander free software and open source software!

foreword

Ridiculous point 1.

Ridiculous point 2.

Ridiculous point 3.

Ridiculous point 4.

Ridiculous point 5.

The first point,

Furthermore,

SaaSS 和 SaaS

Ridiculous point 6.

Ridiculous point 7.

Ridiculous point 8.

Ridiculous point 9.

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