Ajith Kumar wrote on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:34:54PM +0530: ,---- | > You are wrong Mr. Sasi Kumar. Even RMS wont agree to your | > argument. It may be true for a general purpose software like an | > editor. But programs for specific industry need not be or rather | > should not be freely (as in free beer) available on net. | | This is a wrong argument. Why it should not be available on the net. `----
both of you have your points. only that this needs to be put together. :) To quote RMS (his visit to chennai, MIT):
<quote> I should explain that the issue of free vs proprietary software arises for published software. it doesn't arise for typically custom software there you know if you write the program for one company and they use it in-house. well, they do have, presumably, they do have full freedom. They are not obligated to ever release it. but they have the freedom to do so. so its fine. The ethical issue I've been talking about arises when software is published. when its avlbl for users to get copy. </quote>
-Suraj