Richard Stallman Email About GPUs

RMS is still very active on Emacs mailing list, and posts bangers like this. From: Richard Stallman Subject: Re: GPU display backend with a neutral driver layer (Metal on macOS) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:04:38 -0400 [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > In general the GPU is a disaster for software freedom: it turns your > > computer into a prison. (See Wikipedia:State Political Directorate.) > This is a bizarre comparison based on frivolous word association. It is an emotional analogy, yes. But the point it makes about GPUs is valid. They don't put physical chains on the user, but they do put digital chains on the user's computing. GPUs are a substantial part of what we are fighting to free people from.

This meme shows a mock Emacs mailing-list post attributed to Richard Stallman, discussing GPU software freedom and comparing a computer to a prison. The joke is that the serious technical argument is mixed with an absurd warning to NSA and FBI agents and a bizarre reference to Snowden and the Soviet State Political Directorate. It is used as a reaction to Stallman-style ideological rants, extreme free-software opinions, or hilariously overextended analogies. EN: This meme shows a mock Emacs mailing-list post attributed to Richard Stallman, discussing GPU software freedom and comparing a computer to a prison. The joke is that the serious technical argument is mixed with an absurd warning to NSA and FBI agents and a bizarre reference to Snowden and the Soviet State Political Directorate. It is used as a reaction to Stallman-style ideological rants, extreme free-software opinions, or hilariously overextended analogies.

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