We resume talking about Napster and its relation to the free software movement.

It would also force Stallman to sharpen the free software movement's political objectives.

By 1993, the free software movement was at a crossroads.

The subject of Stallman's speech is the history and future of the free software movement.

The open source came out of the free software movement, which is very political, anti-intellectual property.

Or, if you prefer, the free software movement.

Inspired by the free software movement.

Stallman's unwillingness to seek alliances seems equally perplexing when you consider his political interests outside of the free software movement.

Ever since the birth of the free software movement, its defenders have struggled to explain just what "free software" is.

Interestingly, the ultimate success of the GNU Project and the free software movement in general would stem from one of these trips.

Until hackers found a way to get past this cognitive dissonance, the free software movement faced an uphill climb, even after Netscape.

The story of Stallman's work on TECO during the 1970s is inextricably linked with Stallman's later leadership of the free software movement.

Despite the stress it generated, the dispute over Gosling's innovations would assist both Stallman and the free software movement in the long term.

Stallman may no longer be the solitary leader of the free software movement, but he is still the polestar of the free software community.

As predicted, the audience was stocked not only with hackers, but with other people interested in the growing power of the free software movement.

Working on "step two" means driving home the issue that freedom, not acceptance, is the root issue of the free software movement.