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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next prev parent 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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