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0 version of the Richard Stallman political
worldview-incomplete in a few places but, for the most
part, fully mature.
Looking back, Stallman hesitates to impart too much
significance to an event so early in his hacking
career. "In that early stage there were a lot of people
who shared my feelings," he says. "The large number of
people who adopted the null string as their password
was a sign that many people agreed that it was the
proper thing to do. I was simply inclined to be an
activist about it."
Stallman does credit the AI Lab for awakening that
activist spirit, however. As a teenager, Stallman had
observed political events with little idea as to how a
single individual could do or say anything of
importance. As a young adult, Stallman was speaking out
on matters in which he felt supremely confident,
matters such as software design, communal
responsibility, and individual freedom. "I joined this
community which had a way of life which involved
respecting each other's freedom," he says.


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