2006/10/25, Dinesh Shah <dineshah(a)gmail.com>om>:
What credible answers we can provide? Instead of RMS
refusing to talk
to this fellow just because he calls GNU/Linux as Linux, is just a
lost opportunity to make your *point*.
RMS is the founder of Free Software movement, so anything he tells
will be associated with Free Software Movement. He started the GNU
project so that all computer users will be Free, when you call it just
Linux more than the technical reason you are completely ignoring the
importance of GNU project and Freedom (Linux is never associated
himself with Freedom).
It would have been a no issue if we already won the game, but it is
more important than ever that we speak about Freedom and teach others
why Freedom is important as there is greater threats to Freedom. If
Software Patents becomes a reality (everywhere) Free Software
development becomes illegal as it is not possible to keep track of the
patents you might violate and comply with all. Also when devices that
use Free Software but deny the Freedom becomes more common it is not
enough that we get the source code.
RMS clearly understand the importance of Freedom and why we should
teach people to respect Freedom. So it is quite natural that he insist
using the right words and he stresses Freedom above all other
motivations because it most threatened.
Regards
Praveen
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