Richard Stallman | Recoding Innovation Interview (full)

Richard Stallman | Recoding Innovation Interview (2013) Re-uploaded from https://vimeo.com/59321431 Resources: - https://www.fsf.org/ - https://stallman.org/photos/hacks/ - https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution 00:00 Introduction 00:21 How did you become involved in free software? 01:19 What does the term "hacker" mean to you? 03:47 Did the ethics of free software come from the community at MIT? 05:00 What happened to the MIT community? 12:49 Why is freedom the ultimate ethic for software? 15:18 In what ways do unfree software control the user? (the four essential freedoms) 15:48 What is source code? 24:16 How did you support yourself while working on GNU and starting the Free Software Foundation? 28:46 Who becomes a member of the Free Software Foundation? 30:28 How did you get the GNU project started? 31:29 What are people's incentives for joining? 35:43 What motivates you? 36:52 How is free software a psychosocial resource? 37:39 How do we motivate the upcoming generation of embrace the ethics of free software? 42:28 How would you describe your sense of community? 43:05 What do you think about other sources of published information? 46:24 Is (internet) access a basic freedom? 45:55 Do you know of other innovations influenced by these ethics that come from free software? 48:15 Where do Creative Commons licenses fall into the spectrum? 51:10 What nonfree software would you like to see made free? 53:03 Did your commitment to the freedom to share start before your time at MIT? 55:28 Why do you think people are reluctant to express their values in their professional work? 56:39 Where do you get the personal conviction to speak up? 01:02:51 What are some of the upcoming high priority projects for the Free Software Foundation? 01:03:40 What's next for you?