I came across an interview with Richard M Stallman - The free software evangelists. Richard.M.Stallman had founded the GNU Project in 1984, and the Free Software Foundation in 1985. He also originally authored a number of well known and highly used development tools, including the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the GNU symbolic debugger (GDB) and GNU Emacs.
The interview moves through the early years of Mr Stallman's life as a programmer, the philosophy of free software movement, to the issues faced by GNU/Linux - the patent problem, the negative effects of non-free software, the SCO law suit etc. Infact, the interview covers the whole gamut of issues faced by the Free Software Movement as well as what the future holds for people who value their freedom w.r.t the use of Information Technology related products. The interview has been conducted by Jermey Andrews and he has done a good job in presenting the questions.
This is a very interesting read for anyone interested in the GNU movement.
This is a very interesting read for anyone interested in the GNU movement.
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