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Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman interview video

Set yourself free with an HTC Dream
Mon Mar 07 2011, 18:40

 

FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION president Richard Stallman spoke to The INQUIRER as part of his UK tour. Talking to us at The Institution of Engineering and Technology at its building on the bank of the river Thames at Savoy Place, Stallman talked about how coders can get involved in free software and how Android isn't all bad. Watch him speak in the video (in WebM format) above and for those who want a truly free mobile phone, Stallman says the HTC Dream can run an entirely free OS called Replicant and it has plenty of free apps to go with it. µ

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neko is right

Except for his initial namecalling, I agree with neko. You've done a poor job,and you haven't bothered to check before you posted the results.

But I'm sure you didn't record in WebM format, so perhaps you could go back to your original material and try again.
That would at least show you care to present RMS with due respect. And at the same time you'd show your website visitors you care about their experience.

posted by : Roger F, 15 March 2011 Complain about this comment
wth - plz quit this job

My god u stupid f***s

1. learn to record
2. learn to transcode
3. learn to QC
4. learn to apologize

Issues:
Jumpy video
Out of sync audio
Video is actually the same vid twice.
You've disrespected one of the few people in this world who wants free and open software...

posted by : neko, 08 March 2011 Complain about this comment
Caveat emptor

I'm a bit curious about that HTC android alternative, he says it's free but AFAIK the phone chipsets will only work with propriety drivers that are not open source, so I assume that even that supposedly free android version must use those closed-source drivers to make the connectivity/phone work.

And now that the phone radio/chipsets are adding DRM on bequest of the TV/movie moguls (to allow netflix and such) that sort of thing gets creepier by the minute.

Oh and android browsers also need you to install flash to see flash content, and that's propriety and has DRM that's ever growing in scope and being picked up more and more by those hosting content.

posted by : W.-, 08 March 2011 Complain about this comment
Huh

Audio is way out of sync :/

posted by : W.-, 08 March 2011 Complain about this comment
Not so free

It's not so free though, you still have to pay the Microsoft tax that HTC have agreed to pay to Microsoft for the sale of every Android phone. It's precisely the reason I didn't get a HTC phone.

Rob

posted by : Rob Beard, 07 March 2011 Complain about this comment
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