Free as in Freedom
June 13th, 2007
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software is the biography of Richard Stallman, as told by Sam Williams. The book is very interesting portrayal of Stallman, especially — in my own personal opinion — of his later years during the birth of Linux and pending failure of the GNU HURD project. I won’t pretend to have any ability to, or for that matter, desire to, write a book report; I will say that I recommend it.
I will also say that I read this critique by Eric Raymond before I began the book. It helped me to have some perspective for the first few chapters, so I recommend that as well.
