From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 20 16:36:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17335 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:36:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA17310 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:36:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01860; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:38:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810202338.QAA01860@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Alex Belits cc: Jonathan Lemon , "Jasper O'Malley" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:22:32 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:38:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > 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