On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 08:47:16AM -0600, Gilles Chehade wrote: > On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:53:30AM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:49:42PM -0600, Gilles Chehade wrote: > > > Why didn't you answer my mail Rui ? > > > You are a troll. > > > > Either I did and you missed it, or it wasn't the answer you'd expect or > > I found it so irrelevant it didn't even raise any bell. > > > > You have not answered at all, you have answered to other people so that > you could dodge my embarassing question instead of explaining why it is > different to do the exact same thing when you are from the FSF.
I'm not from the FSF. > According to YOU, it is okay to have emacs and gcc run on a proprietary > system as it allows more people to run free software. How is it that it > is wrong to allow more people to run a free system by giving them links > to proprietary software if it encourages them to keep their free system > instead of switching to a proprietary one ? 1) ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/ isn't "links" 2) using more free software is better than not running it at all 3) incentivating usage of non-free software on free software operating systems doesn't incentivate the creation of free software replacements 4) FYI I think the wine project is counter-productive as it enables running non-free software on free software operating systems, and as such de-incentivates the creation of replacements. 4.1) but it's free software and its authors have their own independence. > By providing emacs and gcc for windows you encourage people to run just > a few free applications with proprietary system and (many) tools, while > we just give people the freedom to install a proprietary application on > top of a free system with free tools. Look, OpenBSD is aggressive enough that people who "need" such non-free software likely won't even run it on OpenBSD, so what you're saying is that to the convenience of a few people who don't care for freedom of all users, you distribute non-free software. > > Anyways, most of your emails have been so rude that in afterthought I > > shouldn't even "honour" you with a reply. > > I try hard to keep my emails insult-free, saying that they are rude for > helping you avoid embarassing questions is what makes you a troll. Just > like your friend Stallman, you play on words and act like a victim if a > person points at the flaws in your reasonning, grow up. No, I am a victim and your (generically, not specifically you) attitude actually makes my relation with OpenBSD very frustrating. Rui -- Wibble. Today is Setting Orange, the 5th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3174 Celebrate Mungday + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...?
