On Thursday 26 October 2006 14:54, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, j cobbled together some glyphs to
say:
gnu/linux not out of any love of freedom but merely
due to
convienence and costs. Is something wrong with that? YES. It is
these
and they told you this? The pixar guys that I spoke to told me
that they used linux because it was technically superior to any
of the alternatives.
Convienence = tech superiority =
stability+speed+effeciency+reduced
maintanence+upgradibility+customizable... Take your pick.
So why is it wrong (your words) to pick technology because it is
technically superior?
The problem is in using this tech to hobble others. And the ones who
are primarily clamouring for this are the very same media companies
who are picking gnu/linux for it's tech superiority. Thus it becomes
imperative to have protection mechanisms to prevent the hobbling. The
v3 licence is primarily aimed at this particular aspect. It also
helps to keep pointing out the freedom part - as RMS and the rest of
the FSF does.
--
Rgds
JTD