https://www.verona.se/tags/new/ Recent content in New on Joakim Verona Hugo -- gohugo.io en joakim@verona.se (Joakim Verona) joakim@verona.se (Joakim Verona) (c) 2016 Copyright Joakim Verona Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:22:00 +0100 https://www.verona.se/post/free-software-1984-versus-brave-new-world/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:22:00 +0100 joakim@verona.se (Joakim Verona) https://www.verona.se/post/free-software-1984-versus-brave-new-world/ <p>There are many parts of the Free Software movement. Like mercury, you can split it in many tiny droplets, that can seamlessly reform to a larger whole.</p> <p>The noble goal of the GNU project is to protect the Free Software movement from unknown, orwellian entities, seeking to destroy it by various nefarious means. That is indeed worthwile, but I think perhaps a greater threat is posed by something fetched from the Brave New World. Aldous Huxleys dystopian vision is often contrasted with George Orwells 1984.</p>