free software movement

This Memorial Day weekend reminds us all of those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and to protect a way of life that is based on freedom.

While considering the brave men and women who stood up for what is right over the past 250 years, it made me realize a similar thing about Linux.

No one has given his life for Linux but certainly there have been sacrifices. But, like their armed soldier counterparts, it isn't about the sacrifice, it's the freedom you big dummy.

Do you consider yourself to be fairly familiar with the Debian Linux distribution?

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.