So, what happened???.... The FreeScholar in me got really tired of hearing developers that are excited about some proprietary solutions/tools that happen to work with Drupal. Some of these solutions are being touted as the way to go in the future. I believe that our community has no shortage of genius, creative minds and brilliant ideas, so I encourage us all to think deeply about the tools we use and our personal freedoms.

About 2 months ago, I invited Richard Stallman to our monthly meetup at MIT. I wanted him to meet the Drupal community and take a look at how we work together on projects that are dear to our hearts, helpful to our communities and good for society- we make things happen. He gave a short lightning talk about free software and hardware, then we had a Q and A with him. Many of us got a better understanding of what his mission is and how we can be a part of the educational outreach for fsf.org. Learning to explain how free software is key to autonomy, privacy and human rights, is a big help for the movement.

Next, I invited RMS to NYCcamp... On Saturday July 18th, he gave the keynote speech to a packed house at the United Nations - http://nyccamp.org/keynote/2015-keynote. After the keynote and standing ovation, he connected with the Aegir team and began a discussion on web hosting platforms and free server tools which led to a larger group convening at a strategy session with the Aegir team lead, Chris Gervais and RMS. They led an engaging round table discussion with about 30 people - http://nyccamp.org/session/aegir-strategy-session-richard-stallman-and-c...

What an excellent time - your voice and thoughts are needed, let's free our future with free software as the foundation.

I love Drupal almost as much as I love freedom.