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Stallman Advocates for Free Software and User Rights

1/26/2026

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Richard Stallman spoke on free software, arguing universities should teach reverse engineering to help students contribute to free software projects.
He criticized the so-called "sucker clause" in website terms, saying it should be illegal because it limits users' personal data rights.
He favored the Trisquel operating system and rejected the push to rewrite GNU coreutils in Rust, which he linked to anti-copyright sentiment.

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Story summary

Richard Stallman spoke on free software, arguing universities should teach reverse engineering to help students contribute to free software projects.
He criticized the so-called "sucker clause" in website terms, saying it should be illegal because it limits users' personal data rights.
He favored the Trisquel operating system and rejected the push to rewrite GNU coreutils in Rust, which he linked to anti-copyright sentiment.