Hi Babu,
I think Linus is just using the words ``commercial'' and
``proprietary'' interchangeably, as he is entitled to. I'm sure Linus
understands the concept of freedom in free software as well as the
next person.
One of the most important things about the free software movement is
freedom of choice. In my humble opinion we should let RedHat sell its
products (proprietary or free) at whatever price they want, and for
those of us who're uncomfortable with that, why, just use Debian! I
strongly oppose any move to marginalise Linus or RedHat just because
they happen to be more flexible than RMS in their stand towards
commercial/proprietary software.
Having said all that, I still voted for RMS in the Linux.com poll :-)
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Babu" == M P Anand Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Babu> Hi Please Visit http://tlug.linux.or.jp/linus.html before
Babu> you decide ur vote
Babu> Linus encourages development of proprietary software
Babu> something that RMS or anybody would frown upon. He (Linus)
Babu> is very much confused between "Commercial" software and
Babu> "proprietary" software. He didn't understand that a Free
Babu> software is completely commercial. If his support for RedHat
Babu> continues then nobody can save us tomorrow. RedHat is using
Babu> Free software as a base to sell proprietary software. This
Babu> is too much dangerous. MS seems to be much better than RH
Babu> now. He atleast used his own proprietary software to play
Babu> monopoly. So decide ur future
Babu> regards ab
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