----- Forwarded message from Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----

Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:58:16 +0000
From: Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Fsfe-uk] BBC's DRM Iplayer windows only

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 02:36:47PM +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> "are we working for freedom, or have we replaced that goal with the
> shallow goal of popularity?" - rms, http://www.a42.com/node/50

I think you are misunderstanding the FSF's motives here.

I don't speak for the FSF, but I am guessing that they are supporting
Flash to make it easier for people who want to use Flash (that would
be most people with a computer) to do so using free software. Is that
not a laudable goal? 

-- 
Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/>

"Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as
society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman



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-- 
Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/>

"Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as
society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman

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