Richard Stallman was the first person on earth to campaign for The free software movement. Richard Stallman is the father of “copyleft“, which he called “a mirror image” of copyright.
A campaign for computer users’ freedom, started in 1983.
Do you know of any other campaigns for computer users’ freedom prior to that? I don’t mean the same specific issue (free vs proprietary software), I mean any issue of freedom from unjust power, specifically in regard to computer users or computer use.
The reason I’m asking is that the free software movement might have been the first such campaign, but I can’t sure yet.
Larry Lessig Writes:
“*Ever since the birth* of the free software movement, its defenders have struggled to explain just what “free software” is …. “Think free,” the movement’s founder, Richard Stallman puts it, “as in free speech, not free beer.” You can charge whatever you want for free software. But what you can’t do is lock up the knowledge that makes it run. Others must be allowed to learn from and tinker with it. No one is permitted a monopoly on the teaching that stands behind it.”
Free software movement started in 1983 by Richard Stallman.