GNU stuff is so influential. It’s really remarkable. Copyleft, the open compiler, open desktop. The Linux desktop changed my life when I encountered it as a 12 yr old.
It’s hard to imagine that the philosophy of these early heroes has so pervaded the world. Free software is everywhere. Other fields don’t do this to the degree software does. So much value for humanity just because the first few took one approach when another would have worked just as well.
It’s hard to imagine that the philosophy of these early heroes has so pervaded the world. Free software is everywhere. Other fields don’t do this to the degree software does. So much value for humanity just because the first few took one approach when another would have worked just as well.