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"It was a bit like the Garden of Eden," says Stallman,
summing up the lab and its software-sharing ethos in a
1998 Forbes article. "It hadn't occurred to us not to cooperate."See Josh
McHugh, "For the Love of Hacking," Forbes
(August 10, 1998).
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/0810/6203094a.html
Such mythological descriptions, while extreme,
underline an important fact. The ninth floor of 545
Tech Square was more than a workplace for many. For
hackers such as Stallman, it was home.
The word "home" is a weighted term in the Stallman
lexicon. In a pointed swipe at his parents, Stallman,
to this day, refuses to acknowledge any home before
Currier House, the dorm he lived in during his days at
Harvard. He has also been known to describe leaving
that home in tragicomic terms. Once, while describing
his years at Harvard, Stallman said his only regret was
getting kicked out. It wasn't until I asked Stallman
what precipitated his ouster, that I realized I had
walked into a classic Stallman setup line.


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