Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer
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Yeah just fucking sad. This guy changed the way I think about software, releasing code I write, contributing etc. Would be so sad to see him go.
He changed the whole world of software. We wouldn't have the thriving scene of quality FOSS we have today without him, including the operating systems on which we run it.
Absolutely. I didn't mean to say he "only" changed my view, in case that's the impression. He is a great man, the entire (digital) world is built on his legacy so to say, yet barely anyone knows about him.
PS: little anecdote as I once went to an Apple Store and scrolled through the software licenses in the settings on an iPad of iOS and found one crediting Richard Stallman as the author. I just left it like that, thought it's funny having his name on an iPad in the Apple Store :p