The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty (New Yorker)

The New Yorker notesthe 30th anniversary of the GNU Manifesto. "Stallman was one of the first to grasp that, if commercial entitieswere going to own the methods and technologies that controlled computers,then computer users would inevitably become beholden to thoseentities. This has come to pass, and in spades. Most computer users havebecome dependent on proprietary code provided by companies like Apple,Facebook, and Google, the use of which comes with conditions we may notcondone or even know about, and can't control; we have forfeited thefreedom to adapt such code according to our needs, preferences, andpersonal ethics."