On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 11:45, Stuart Jansen wrote: > Microsoft's argument is double talk, and it is unfortunate that you've > been taken in by it.
Hey now, let's not start with the personal insults ;) I just wanted to clarify that the GPL does provide rms with a lot of control over his code, which translates to less freedom for me. You seem to have agreed with me there. I do agree that the GPL does grant me a million times more freedom than most any other software license out there. I love Free software. I just worry when all this talk about "freedom" gets cloudy and leads to things like "pro-choice" arguments for abortion and the like, because I agree with you 100% that "My Freedom limits yours." I'm impressed when you point out that rms does not support government mandated use of the GPL. That tells me that he does want to give people a choice, some freedom. Is it a false rumor then that he admonishes that all software should morally use the GPL? I guess I should have been more careful when I used that as a point in my argument, not knowing fully the validity of the statement. Thank you, Stuart and others, for your clarifying points in this most philosophical and mind expanding discusson. In the future just hold the personal Microsoft related insults, no matter how well it rounds out and concludes your email :) Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
