@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
     printf '%s' "---
 title: the wiki
-subtitle: Ideas, thoughts and strongy held opinions.
+subtitle: A collection of notes on various topics.
 date: $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')
 template: page.html
 ---

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: the wiki
-subtitle: Ideas, thoughts and strongy held opinions.
-date: 2021-04-09
+subtitle: A collection of notes on various topics.
+date: 2021-04-20
 template: page.html
 ---
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ - [anirudh](/wiki/about/anirudh)
   - [contact](/wiki/about/contact)
   - [identity](/wiki/about/identity)
 - [friends](/wiki/friends)
+- [ideas](/wiki/ideas)
+  - [free-software](/wiki/ideas/free-software)
 - [todo](/wiki/todo)
 - [tools](/wiki/tools)
   - [cwm](/wiki/tools/cwm)

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: ideas
+subtitle: Ideas that I stand by.
+date: 2021-04-20
+template: page.html
+---
+
+This is a meta-page.
+
+- [free software](/wiki/ideas/free-software)

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+title: free software
+subtitle: Software that respects your freedoms.
+date: 2021-04-20
+template: page.html
+---
+
+In a world of user-hostile, privacy invasive software built by
+corporations that definitely do not have your best interests in mind,
+free software is the light at the end of the tunnel.
+
+There's a lot to be said about software freedom, but in essence, it puts
+the user in control. You have the freedom to run, copy, distribute,
+study, change and improve the software as you wish.
+
+On the other hand, "open source" is less restrictive free software. Open
+source licenses tend to be more lenient; some even permitting nonfree
+conditions. As always, an excellent essay by RMS: [Why Open Source
+misses the point of Free
+Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html)
+
+People who claim that the distinction doesn't matter are either
+
+1. a corporate shill
+2. someone who engages with "open source" on a superficial level;
+   doesn't care about ideology of free software (probably also uses
+   Discord)
+
+Luke Smith has a pretty decent video on people who fall under 2:
+https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/watch/230c8314-ab89-4c47-ac7c-ea8b2e896cff
+
+These "grifters" that he talks about are pretty dangerous to software
+freedom. They don't care about nonfree software, or their privacy. They
+might have a superficial understanding of what free software means, but
+that's about it. And they're extremely loud about:
+
+- the need for a Code of Conduct
+- language used
+- meritocracy (also read: "you can't be smarter than me!")
+
+They usually always bring up the strawman that "you can't escape nonfree
+software", or that "your computer runs nonfree code".
+
+These people are a threat to free software. I am documenting this here
+in hopes that this situation changes in the future, and I can delete
+this section altogether.

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: 2021-03-21
 template: page.html
 ---
 
-This is a meta-page, with links to each tool.
+This is a meta-page.
 
 - [neovim](/wiki/tools/neovim)
 - [vite](/wiki/tools/vite)