http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3676641/Linux+Still+a+Hit+in+China.htm :-)~MIKE~(-:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:59 PM, R P Herrold <herr...@owlriver.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Ted Gould wrote: > > The MS representatives believe that the reason Ubuntu is big in China is >> because people are buying machines to pirate Windows. Unfortunately >> it's hard to prove that isn't the case (which is one of the reasons they >> argue it). So, in general, it's hard to say "how big" in this case, but >> > > There is nothing 'unfortunate' about it at all -- The MSFT representatives > are parrotting a party line, and trying to frame a debate about > intellectual property rights which China agreed to enforce as part of > joining WIPO. Open Source does not have a dog in that fight > > Open Source does not control the actions of its purchasers or users, nor > have an obligation to facilitate control schemes that others might want > adopted. Just the opposite -- see Stallman's Four Freedoms essays over > time -- By and large, it seeks to provide software freedom of many forms > > I don't recall Microsoft _asking_ the FSF about the new UEFI bootloaders > which vastly complicate the rights of owners of hardware wanting to use > Open Source before functionally mandating it to the large manufacturers. > They just rammed it through with market power > > -- Russ herrold > > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >
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