I'm not much into responding to responses to me -- I usually figure I've had my say, you've had yours. But when I'm being misquoted or misunderstood . . .
Both responses to my message pointed out that RMS has never advocated using force. I have to point out that I _never_ said he did. I understand copyright and copyleft. I have read and feel I understand the GPL (although I never referred to that, either). My point was that, as I've listened to RMS's tirades, my impression of him has been that he thinks you're immoral if you create closed source software. I disagree with him. AND I challenge the notion that he has the authority to tell me what's moral and what isn't. I already have a definitiver source for that. :) Granted, I prefer open source software for many of the reasons with which we're all already familiar. But I think that, by the very act of creation, you have the right to do with your product what you will (within criminal bounds, of course) -- and you're not immoral by choosing to release your product in a closed/proprietary manner (even as a binary driver ;). Dave ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
