Removed?

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> As an aside, it's quite remarkable that such a movement and others 
> similar originated in the Capitalist world. History will tell, but I see 
> it as possible for the spirit to stay put.


It's the internet that has made large scale collaboration and cooperation 
possible. On a smaller scale, it's existed before. There are many volunteer fire 
departments, and many parks that get created and maintained by armies of volunteers.

RMS clarified free software, but there was useful free software before his 
movement. DECUS, for example, distributed the best of free software for DEC 
machines back in the 70's. It was a feather in one's cap to have one's software 
picked up by DECUS.