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From: | Adam Theo |
Subject: | Re: `freeing' proprietary software (was Re: [DotGNU]Open Content Network: Free Software P2P) |
Date: | Thu, 30 May 2002 23:38:41 -0400 |
User-agent: | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417 |
Gopal V wrote:
If memory serves me right, Adam Theo wrote:S11001001 wrote:As a computer user today, you may find yourself using a proprietary program. If your friend asks to make a copy, it would be wrong to refuse. Cooperation is more important than copyright.-- RMS, "Why Software Should Not Have Owners"Free Software can take over the world, but it will not happen if it is associated with breaking the law. This is the biggest thing I have against RMS, in that he too often encourages this sort of thing.Actually you seem to have misinterpreted RMS ..... (or maybe I have) .. What he's saying is "don't buy proprietary and get into this dilemma"..
Ah, ok. If that's what was meant by "wrong to refuse [making a copy of the software]", then I retract my statement completely. I agree that it's best not to get in the situation in the first place. I still seem to have heard some pretty antagonistic things come from RMS, but at least this isn't one of them :-) Thanks Gopal.
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