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From: Thomas Lord <lord@basiscraft.com>
To: Akira Urushibata <afu@wta.att.ne.jp>
Cc: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org,
	libreplanet-discuss
	<libreplanet-discuss-bounces+lord=basiscraft.com@libreplanet.org>
Subject: Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:12:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca000cfd74daa01121131889d47cb0c9@basiscraft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2022.04.28.0916.3466@afu.wta.att.ne.jp>

You can probably infer his position on free software
if you begin by searching for the complete source
code for Tesla cars.

-t


On 2022-04-27 17:25, Akira Urushibata wrote:
> I have seen the discussion here started by our friend Thomas Lord
> titled "thank you elon musk."
> 
> I decided to start a new thread to discuss the issue from a different
> dimension.
> 
> I have a question for free software supporters here:
> What is Elon Musk's position regarding free software?
> Has he made any notable statements which give us some idea?
> 
> ---
> 
> Elon Musk considers himself a supporter of "free speech."  He believes
> that Twitter does not respect free speech enough and desires to change
> that.  Experts point out that this is easier said than done; numerous
> articles have appeared in recent days examining realistic implications.
> 
> When considering free speech the words of George Orwell come to mind:
> 
>  "Freedom of thought is the freedom to say that two and two make four.
>   That granted, all else follows."
> 
> Free software means you have the freedom to share good a program which
> add things correctly and you also have to freedom to correct a program
> which doesn't.  Such freedom implies the right to discuss in public
> problems one encounters, which is of course, freedom of speech.
> 
> One must also consider the fact that free software provides vital
> functions which make social media platforms such as Twitter
> possible.  So if Elon Musk likes free speech, he should be a supporter
> of free software.  I wonder whether he explicitly states so.
> 
> 
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-28 19:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-28  0:25 What does Elon Musk say about free software? Akira Urushibata
2022-04-28 18:12 ` Thomas Lord [this message]
2022-04-28 20:31   ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-04-28 23:19     ` Thomas Lord
2022-04-30  6:32       ` Jean Louis
2022-04-30 23:23         ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-01 22:23           ` very specific project proposal " Thomas Lord
2022-05-02  5:10             ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-02  9:08               ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-02 15:53             ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-02 21:42               ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-03  7:31                 ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-03 10:15                   ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-03 10:48                     ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-11 10:46             ` Federico Leva (Nemo)
2022-05-11 20:05               ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-11 22:42                 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-11 22:50                   ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-12  3:44                 ` Jean Louis
2022-05-12 17:45                   ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-12 19:21                     ` p_newsletters/libreplanet--- via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-12 21:35                       ` Please start a new thread for the "specific project proposal" Akira Urushibata
2022-05-12 22:48                         ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-12 22:31                       ` very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software? Thomas Lord
2022-05-18  5:10                         ` Jean Louis
2022-05-18 22:10                       ` Jean Louis
2022-05-19  2:43                         ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-23  4:51                           ` Jean Louis
2022-05-23 16:46                             ` Thomas Lord
2022-05-13 15:59                     ` Software Freedom in education (was Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?) Lars Noodén
2022-05-13 18:05                       ` Erica Frank
2022-05-13 19:20                         ` Lars Noodén
2022-05-18 22:39                         ` Jean Louis
     [not found]                           ` <CABV+ff8uibmEcc2jByMVf0Au+FdGhxGbDtR1EF5yaHYy+m9t3Q@mail.gmail.com>
2022-05-21  4:56                             ` Jean Louis
2022-05-22 22:47                               ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-23 15:38                                 ` Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-25 13:12                                   ` yasu
2022-05-28 21:44                                   ` Software Freedom in education Akira Urushibata
2022-05-18  4:53                     ` very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software? Jean Louis
2022-05-05 22:57       ` Akira Urushibata
2022-05-06  3:50         ` Danny Spitzberg

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