* On 2017 10 Jul 20:41 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 05:34:29PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> I believe the Google slogan was "Don't be evil." "First, do no harm" is > from the English translaation of the Hippocratic Oath. Sigh. Just like Abe Lincoln said, "The problem with Internet quotes is that you can't always depend on their accuracy." ;-) (Though it may have helped to actually do a search...) > The fsf internet site originally had no passwords on it at all, with th > eintention that anyone could just connect and participate in the great > work. RMS was appalled when someone used that freedom to use his site > to atack another network site. It was a dark day in the life of the FSF > when he had to impose passwords for system access. Yes, RMS is from a far different and nearly forgotten prior era. AIUI, the FSF, GPL, and his later work is an effort to preserve some of the spirit of those times. I know that without his work and the follow-on work of countless others that the past 20+ years of computing would not have been nearly as enjoyable as they have been for me. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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