JohnF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Small correction: I didn't say, "don't believe." I said, "don't > *completely* believe." Small syntactic difference, but I meant > a large semantic one. To wit, you acknowledged the need to make > a living, and permitted an exception, vis-a-vis free software, > in your own behavior to fulfill that need. > I'm well aware of your TeX contributions, and therefore > know that you basically believe what you're saying. But I think > you're taking it to an extreme, demanding that other people always > develop software according to a model that you don't always > follow yourself.
I think you are just confused. For the record: I also tend to go to the bathroom and defecate from time to time. That does not contribute in any way to society as a whole, but I don't see why that makes me unfit about talking about what benefits society. >> Are you of the type who only accepts the message "respect other's >> life" from people who commit suicide rather that eat anything that >> once was alive? > > Depends what "others'" refers to. If it means respecting other > *peoples'* lives, then, no, I wouldn't accept that message from a > cannibal. But I think you've yet again "jumped the shark" with that > analogy vis-a-vis free software. For the record: plants are alive. So you equate vegetarians with cannibals if you think that it is some way for arguing yourself out of personal responsibility? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
