> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jack J. Woehr > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:55 PM > To: OpenBSD > Subject: Re: Letter to OLPC > > > Free and open software is a means to an end, rather than the > > sole end unto itself for OLPC. > > > > I was totally stunned by this admission. "morally bankrupt", as Bob > > says, is exactly what is going on. > > Hmm, sounds like you are saying that abstract goal of unlimited > software freedom is > a higher goal than providing access to modern technology to > disadvantaged children in > 3rd-world countries.
>snip< Why can't they try to do both, simultaneously? The fact that they won't, isn't the same as saying they can't. Do we really think this product couldn't be built within budget with full BSD license compatibility? Once they signed up corporate sponsors, I doubt they fought very hard or looked to competitive suppliers for more open solutions/licensing. Why must they give up the openness of the project so eagerly? I don't recall reading anything about how the OLPC project would have shipped already, except that they wanted more open drivers that they couldn't get.... Mike
