The primary purpose of Free and Open Source Software is Freedom.
On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 22:13, Anshuman Dasgupta wrote:
To you perhaps. But, not necessarily to every user or developer of open source software.
I disagree. I, like many others, have on several occasions chosen open source solutions because of its technical superiority over other software. These decisions had nothing to do with the software's license. So, utility and performance are hardly "spinoffs" and have
u seem to be missing the primary issue. While what you say above is true, please take a little time to understand the concept of "Freedom" as we use it.
what made this software technically superior? If the "Free" license that it was distributed under which allowed numerous people around the world to contribute, check, use, debug and send in suggestions was not even in a little way responsible, then what was? At the end this "Free" license is reason we are even debating this point on this list right now.
while everyone might not be in it b/c of simply the freedom it gives us they all must understand and respect the "FREE" license to contribute or even use the software as they seem fit under the terms of the license.
even by choosing it b/c of technical superiority you are automatically (perhaps unknowingly) choosing to work with it b/c of the "Freedom" it provides.
rgds Erle