Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 20:20:00 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <200005140320.UAA17469@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20000514083128.A24281@physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <4.3.1.2.20000513100518.0444c390@localhost> <20000513215350.A6803@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.3.1.2.20000513104752.0447aa50@localhost> <20000514012024.A16224@happy.checkpoint.com> <4.3.1.2.20000513191658.0451dbb0@localhost> <20000514042602.A19316@happy.checkpoint.com> <4.3.1.2.20000513193601.0406a500@localhost> <20000514074433.A23997@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <200005140255.TAA17321@sharmas.dhs.org> <20000514083128.A24281@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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In muc.lists.freebsd.chat, you wrote: > Not everything can be free. If everyone is to be free to do some > things, everyone must be restricted from some other things. Maybe I'm > doing this just to be annoying, but let me quote RMS again (from > memory): > "My freedom to swing my fist ends where your nose begins." Funny, I'm repeating the same argument the second time in the last 3 months. (Last time it was a linux mailing list) Swinging the fist to hit the nose is a crime. Selling software is not. People made assault a crime because if it is permitted, a society can not live together peacefully. The world is full of examples of societies where selling software is permitted, without disturbing the peace and prosperity of the society. I believe that selling software is not a crime. Stallman thinks it should be. That's the problem. The argument that extremists are necessary for the open source idea to be noticed, is an interesting one. I'm not quite convinced that that's the best way to make open source popular. The sword cuts both ways. -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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