On Dec 15, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
This incredibly misguided. People won't switch to free software
because of hectoring and hamfisted attempts to frustrate their
choices,
Convincing people to switch to free software is just one part of what
we need to do to establish a society in which users are free. We also
have to teach them to appreciate their freedom, and recognize that
non-free would deny them their freedom. That way they will take
actions to protect their freedom.
Messages of acceptance of non-free software undermine the efforts
to teach people that appreciation, and that is why I have decided
to reject them.
Except where you decide to modify your own software (emacs) to run on
non-free software. This is the definition of hypocrisy. How can you
claim otherwise?
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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
