Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:38:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Alex Belits <abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199810202338.QAA01860@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:22:32 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9810201551560.11171-100000@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us>
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> > > I find it disturbing that people don't see freedom unless they can trade > > > it for something else. > > > > I find it disturbing that people call restrictions ``freedom''. > > I can't fly (I will break my neck if I'll try). I can't kill my > neighbors (I will be imprisoned or killed if I'll try). I can't buy food > without spending money on it (I will be imprisoned if I'll try). I can't > change an employer (I will lose my visa to this country if I'll try). > > Which of the above mentioned restrictions affect my freedom and which of > them allow someone else to have a power over me? They all restrict your freedom, and they all give others power over you. Freedom is exactly that, freedom. Calling GPL'd code "free" is like calling America "the land of the free". -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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