On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 11:48:21AM -0500, Caspian wrote: > I'm afraid this isn't about advertisement, or about the DFSG, or even > about the GPL. This is about the general trend of companies walking all > over the spirit of free software. No one is interested in "freedom talk", > as RMS puts it. Everyone's interested in filling their own pockets.
2 hundred years ago someone said : No nation have ever gained any freedom except freedom they have gained with sword in hand This is still actual, no matter if you are talking about Free-Speech, Recruitment, Freedom-To-Use-Modify-And-Distribute-Code, War-On-Drugs or Right-To-Read [cut] > Something-- SOMETHING-- must be done, or in five to ten years the Linux > (and I do say "Linux" here, since it will no longer be "GNU/Linux") > community will more closely resemble the Microsoft/Adobe/Lotus world than > anything RMS would be proud of. > > Look at Corel's EULA and think-- is this a step forwards for free > software? Or is this a step AWAY FROM it? > --Caspian You are right. This is some regress.
