* Chris Alvarez [Fri, 25 Mar 2005 at 12:53 -0700] > > Some proprietary software writers, however, are going too far. They are > > doing everything they can to outlaw/marginalize F/OSS. If they can't win > > hearts and minds, but instead have to resort to laws and threats; if > > their arguments aren't more effective than the seemingly extreme > > positions of RMS; there's something seriously wrong with their model. <snip/> > I would attack as vehemently any attempts to ban OSS as I would defend > those who attack non-free software. My whole point is: I don't think > that writing either OSS or non-free software is immoral. And I do > think that copyrights are OK. I think that not wanting to copyright > your stuff is OK as well. I personally don't care about copyrighting > my stuff that much, but I won't start a witchhunt against those who > do. > > Chris Alvarez
I don't see why you are attacking Stallman. Just because you don't agree with his views, you insinuate that he is on a witchhunt. Stallman is _asking_ people to consider and join the movement. He is on no witchhunt. Many non-free software companies, however, are throwing there massive weight around and siccing the government on F/OSS. They are the ones trying to enforce something, and it's not even an ideal, it's their own profit they are trying to enforce. I don't believe that people shouldn't run Windows (ok, I do, but for different reasons), but just because I believe that you shouldn't smoke, that it is wrong, doesn't mean that I'm going to police you and make sure you smoke, and I'm certainly not on a witchhunt. Von Fugal
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