On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:14:15 -0500, "bofh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Dec 15, 2007 11:04 AM, Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > stupid. Shut up." In case you missed it, this discussion revolves just > > as much around the concept of what Richard considers freedom as it does > > around licenses and source. This is what I'm on about. My > > understanding of Richard's viewpoint is that proprietary software sucks, > > and doing anything to support it sucks as well. I want to know why > > buying (and thus supporting) a proprietary package causes me to suck as > > well, when in my view, I'm out there having fun, and helping others have > > fun as well. > > He has never said the end user can not buy anything they want.
Yes he has. From my earlier mail and his reply; On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:49:22 -0500, "Richard Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > It's total BS. If you don't want to pay for software, fine don't, but > don't go on some religious crusade trying to get me to believe it's > unethical so I won't either. > > When you buy a copy of a non-free program, you pay with your money and > with your freedom. You apparently don't assign much value to the > freedom that you would give up.
