* Money raised from the sale of this book supports the development of free software and documentation. * The book is divided into three main parts, and also includes a fourth one with GNU licenses: The GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, Copyrights, Copylefts and Patents, Creating a Free Society, GNU Licenses. * The introduction is written by Lawrence Lessig, professor at Stanford University. * Essays contained in this book deal mainly about ethics, law, business and their application to computer software. * The first edition was published 8 years ago by GNU Press under the GNU Free Documentation License. He also discusses the social aspects of software and how free software can create community and social justice. This collection includes historical writings such as The GNU Manifesto, which defined and launched the activist Free Software Movement, along with new writings on hot topics in copyright, patent law, and the controversial issue of "trusted computing." Stallman takes a critical look at common abuses of copyright law and patents when applied to computer software programs, and how these abuses damage our entire society and remove our existing freedoms. Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. * The intersection of ethics, law, business and computer software is the subject of these essays and speeches by MacArthur Foundation Grant winner, Richard M. This book collects the writing of Richard Stallman in a manner that will makeits.
Stallman is a book by Joshua Gay compiling different essays of Richard M. Free Software Free Society Selected Essays of Richard M Stallman - Free ebook download as ePub (.epub), Text File (.txt) or read book online for free. Book Excerpts: The waning days of the 20th century seemed like an Orwellian nightmare: laws preventing publication of scientific research on software.
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