Praveen A said on Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 04:35:20PM +0530,:
Because what you see as a product is in reality a *by-product* of a process. Free and Open Source Software is the result of a collaborative development process that has existed for decades that was given a more formal definition in 1984, and it is this *process* that really challenges the whole existing software scenario
IMHO, statements like this merely give a wrong reason for the right decision.
Free software development is not merely a `process'. It is a cause. It is a belief. It is a state of mind. Freedom is something worth living and breathing.
Freedom is your right. When you participate* in the Free Software community, you are doing something to preserve your rights as an individual.
(*) Participation can be in several ways - as a user, developer, advocate, whatever.