News Story Linux: Freedom or Freakdom?

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Mon, 11/30/2009 - 10:33

I was talking with my friend, Jason Perlow , yesterday and he told me that I should back off of the free software rants because he feels that I'm entering the gray edges of freakdom.

We laughed about it but it made me think: When does a strong belief in something become extremism? I've had two conversations with Richard Stallman about free software specifically and freedom generally.

My conclusion is that there's a fine line between freedom and freakdom....

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