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sjs382 • yesterday at 7:30 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Imagine if RMS had access to Claude and wasn't activated by the need to modify printer software himself. We might not have the FSF, GNU, GPL, or anything downstream from those!


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abirch • yesterday at 9:00 PM

The FSF people are right, the value of the software isn't the software it's the support. If you're business model involved a rundle, you're going to need a new one.

TimTheTinker • yesterday at 8:36 PM

If he were in this thread, I think he'd warn us to avoid nonfree LLMs and not to let LLMs lull us into being comfortable while we still lack software freedom.

MisterTea • yesterday at 8:15 PM

He would require access to Claud's source code.