Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I noticed this old post here: > > http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?dmode=source > > QUOTE: > "Stallman does not care about > business. But others do. "Open Source" has been one way to sell > corporations their own downfall i

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I noticed this old post here: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?... > > > QUOTE: > > "Stallman does not care about > > business.  But others do.  "Open Source

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I noticed this old post here: >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?... >> >> > QUOTE: >> > "Stallman does not care about

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > I noticed this old post here: > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/2

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Again: I don't set the goals for free software, so it is nonsensical >> to assign any relevance to any interpretation of my musings. They >> are food for thought, nothing else. >> > > I didn't sa

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 5:03 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Again: I don't set the goals for free software, so it is nonsensical > >> to assign any relevance to any interpretation of my musi

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-17 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 03:05:04PM -0800, mike3 wrote: > QUOTE: > "Stallman does not care about > business. But others do. "Open Source" has been one way to sell > corporations their own downfall in a veiled manner. It has taken a > brutal but effective toll on stock market and the corporations.

Re: Is it a goal of the "Free" software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-17 Thread mike3
On Jan 17, 2:37 am, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both. Firstly he doesn't speak for the FSF or Stallman, secondly, > Stallman has been found to say "charge as much as you can for Free > Software services" (this is not a direct quote, but the meaning is > there). > > What St