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Story: My response to Richard Stallman
Posted by: Neil Taggart (Thursday 15 January 2004, 1:47 PM)
From the writings I've read on this subject, the assumption is always just 'software'. That's like saying all 'commodities' should be ordered from catalogues. Clearly some are more conducive to the model than others. What GPL and similar have given us is another model for software distribution - nothing more, nothing less.
It gives developers a legal method to do works of charity, and, in many cases, provides us with access to powerful tools we wouldn't otherwise touch. End users get to save money, and developers get to learn how the staple software things (OS, webserver, BBS etc.) are built, and improve their skills and possibly the product.
Clearly, there are some types of software that are not suited to it, either because they're niche products, or they're leading edge products with R&D dev costs to pay off. Remember, Unix was around for 20 years before Linux came along...
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Story: My response to Richard Stallman
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I am free to modify my schwinn after I have bought... Anonymous -
Yes, you are free to change your Schwinn. You are... John Carroll
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It's all about choice. I choose to use free softwa... Anonymous
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> It's all about choice. I choose to
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> Stallman is saying that we should ONLY
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This raises an interesting question about support.... Anonymous
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Some more clarifications............................. John Carroll
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Most users are not that interes... Esther Payne
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