Hi There, THIS IS PURELY MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OPINION. YMMV. (same disclaimer goes for me)
RMS talks about freedom not only in the context of software, but freedom as a way of life. Freedom to be
OK True -
same breath, i hear him vehemently saying, requesting, pushing, forcing, psyching people into using only GNU/GPL'ed software. Now is HE giving people freedom
True again - If we forget that everyone can have his own analysis about what RMS said, and how vehemently he said it - But we need to remember one FACT - Wotever RMS says - it is an individuals statement - though because of his public image, it may get magnified - it is much much lesser (of consequence) than the corporate force being imposed upon ppl by the firms manufacturing Proprietary S/W. RMS saying something in a public meet and asking ppl to leave something is different form a firm asking all of its' users, developers, and others concerned to remain mum... Worse is resorting to Legal measures to ensure that :)
but thats my opinion. Also my opinion is that its not cool to bash one to prove a point.
Agree with this... But one has to be providing examples to prove his point!!!
Freedom for me is when I can choose what I want. Not when I am presented with just one option and asked to choose !!
See, the point he wants to make is that when corporates resort to non-Disclosure agreements, trying to make things incompatible, trying to raise costs on the basis of patents and limit the reusability of code - they curb freedom - That Xerox example - And again - this proves he wasnt just MS bashing - He was non-free bashing - He even spoke against Suse - Xerox, Apple were also mentioned....
I say, use whatever you want. thats freedom.
That is whatwe need to do!!! Ensure that S/W remains interoperable - It shud not be that one S/W firm keeps its' stuff secret just to limit others from using it (the S/W) in a better manner. Bye, SP
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