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Richard Stallman Free software Song

BeatStock · 692.2K views · 2006-12-11 · 2:03

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Overview

A short clip of Richard Stallman singing the free software song, recorded during a visit to Ecuador.

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HN posts it as a lighthearted joke link in free software and licensing threads.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2014–2022

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Hacker culture & free softwareMusic performance & songs
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What people said

DonHopkins · 2022-08 · Joke / meme

The most horrifying thing about the "Computer-generated image of Project CyberSyn operations room" on the Project Cybersyn Wikipedia page is that they're displaying the lyrics of RMS's Free Software Song (which he wrote in 1991) on the fake monitors in the "Close Up of the Data Feed": [LINK] SHARE THE SOFTWARE ## YOU'LL BE FREE JOIN US NOW AND SHARE THE SOFTWARE ## HACKER YOU'LL BE FREE HACKER YOU'LL BE FREE JOIN US NOW ## JOIN US NOW } } #### } #### YOU'LL BE FREE } JOIN US NOW AND SHARE THE SOFTWARE #### HACKER } #### } } ## YOU'LL BE FREE JOIN US NOW ## HACKER ## YOU'LL BE FREE ## HACKER ## JOIN US NOW ## YOU'LL BE FREE ## HACKER [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] The CyberSyn multimedia "reconstruction": [LINK]

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O_H_E · 2019-05 · Joke / meme

Oh boy. This is an awesome gem in the open source world. Did you know about RMS's song: [VIDEO] He is drumming on the laptop. [laugh cry]

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DonHopkins · 2018-06 · Joke / meme

Yeah, but as a brand, it sucks. There aren't so many Epic Rock & Roll Anthems about "Collaborative Software". But there is one about "Free Software", though: [VIDEO]

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