On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:25:38PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op do, 16-12-2004 te 14:46 -0500, schreef Ian Murdock: > > We've heard > > directly from the biggest ISVs that nothing short of a common > > binary core will be viable from their point of view. > > Well, frankly, I don't care what they think is 'viable'. > > 'ISV' is just another name for 'Software Hoarder'. I thought Debian was > about Freedom, not about "how can we make the life of proprietary > software developers easy?"
Regardless of how you feel about proprietary software, it is someone else's work and they are free to sell or license it as they see fit. I don't see how someone advocating "freedom" can in the same (virtual) breath presume to dictate what other people do with their work. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
