6 Sep
2004
6 Sep
'04
7:36 a.m.
Sometime Today, Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) assembled some asciibets to say:
May I remind you the "Linuxer", that Linux is supposed to be FREE ...
You're the one who needs reminding. Linux is NOT, I repeat, NOT, free of cost. You have to pay for it if need be. Linux is, free in terms of freedom and liberty. When you buy it you get several freedoms.
Wake up and understand the licences you agree to when you install software. Some of them may be asking for your first born child.
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In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
-- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982