On Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:52:37 AM UTC-5, Cedric Greevey wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Mark <markha...@gmail.com > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Ok, then you consider Stallman's philosophy unethical since it considers >> the philosophy of distributing close-source unethical. > > > No, that would only be if he considered it unethical for someone to > disagree with him, rather than unethical for someone to distribute closed > source software. >
Stallman considers anybody that distributes closed-source software unethical. There's no way to spin away from that fact. I always love this quote by Stallman: "*Would it be ethical to steal lines of unfree code from companies like Microsoft and Oracle and use them to create a “free” version of that program?* It would not be unethical, but it would not really work, since if Oracle ever found out, it would be able to suppress the use of that free software. The reason for my conclusion is that making a program proprietary *is* wrong. To liberate the code, if it is possible, would not be theft, any more than freeing a slave is theft (which is what the slave owner would surely call it)." http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/21/gnu-gplv3-linux-cz_dl_0321stallman2.html So Stallman spins "freeing code" with freeing slaves. Obviously the guy has some ethical problems of his own. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
