We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not less
Serious question: How are software developers supposed to put a roof over their head and food on the table if software can&#x27;t be privatized? We can&#x27;t all be employed by academia or rely on charitable donations. The worst scenario would be if all software becomes &quot;free&quot; but funded by advertising. If you&#x27;re not the customer, you&#x27;re the product.<p>The author rails against capitalist businesses, but what exactly is the author&#x27;s proposed alternative? Are we going to have a Free Houses Foundation and a Free Furniture Foundation? It feels to me that the FSF take software <i>labor</i> completely for granted, as if it just grows on trees. Is every consumer good supposed to come with instructions for exactly reproducing it? That&#x27;s a recipe for theft and getting uncut by lazy competition.