![]() But not everyone knows he is also one of the nicest, most honest, down-to-earth people ever. And in the life that produced these words and works, there is inspiration forĪnyone who would, like Stallman, fight to create this freedom.Įveryone knows Stallman is very hard to work with. But whether we succeed or fail, in these essays is a picture of what that freedom could be. And we will come to see that no man, through his deeds or words, has done as much to make possible the freedom Yet when our world finally comes to understand the power and danger of code - when it finally sees that code, like laws, or like government, must be transparent to be free-then we will look back at this uncompromising and persistent programmerĪnd recognize the vision he has fought to make real: the vision of a world where freedom and knowledge survives the compiler. > He is uncompromising and persistent patient in both. His anger can flare at friend as easily as foe. ![]() I know him well enough to know he is a hard man to like. We have indeed not earned that freedom yet. Wow, the close of Lessig's introduction is powerful. ![]()
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