On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 03:18:57PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: <snip> > >You are looking at this incorrectly. The FSF isn't against anyone > >making money. There are many ways to make money on software that does > >NOT involve using a proprietary license. > > Umm, do you presume to speak for the FSF? In private e-mail back in > 1986 or so I discussed Richard Stallman's goals with him, and his > goal, AIUI, is that people should *not* make money off of writing > software. If I understand him properly, he disbelieves in any form > of intellectual property. But, since he lives in a world which is > not to his liking, he uses the intellectual property laws to try to > reshape it as closely as he can to a world where people cannot > make money merely by writing and selling software.
I would just like to point out that, while I don't know Stallman's motives, the FSF has an article explaining why selling free software is okay: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/selling.html -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankly, Scarlett, I don't have a fix. -- Rhett Buggler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
