On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > I noticed this old post here: > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?... > > >> > QUOTE: > >> > "Stallman does not care about > >> > business. But others do. "Open Source" has been one way to sell > >> > corporations their own downfall in a veiled manner. It has taken a > >> > brutal but effective toll on stock market and the corporations. Free > >> > Software is nothing that you can easily profit from. But it is > >> > something that will prevail. " > > >> > Does this mean that one of the goals of Free software is to destroy > >> > software as a source of money, hence requiring people to resort to > >> > other forms of business to obtain money that might be much more > >> > difficult to start up? (hence limiting them to only people _born_ into > >> > wealth?!) > > >> > Or am I just too paranoid or way off base in my interpretations here? > > >> I am nobody's speaker or leader, so there is nothing to be gained from > >> assigning an interpretation to my words. > > > Well, okay, I'm not sure exactly what that's supposed to mean (What > > I'm trying to "gain" right now with my post is understanding of this, > > first of all), but perhaps maybe you could tell me if my > > interpretation was right? > > Again: I don't set the goals for free software, so it is nonsensical to > assign any relevance to any interpretation of my musings. They are food > for thought, nothing else. >
I didn't say you did set or assign goals, I was trying to better understand your opinion on what you _think_ the goal seems to be or should be or something. I just want to know what you meant when you said what you said. I just wanted understanding & knowledge to satisfy my curiosity. Can you please tell me? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss