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[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 months ago

Funnily enough, not being able to modify a printer's firmware is what turned Richard Stallman into the free software advocate.

(Well, it was more the drop that made an already very full glass overflow, but still, “the printer story” has de facto come to be known as the point where free software started.)