On 9/13/07, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 07:09 -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > > GNUspeak: > > These are definitely not the views of the GNU project. They *might* be > views of the self-styled "Linux nerds" that think they are "k00l" and > "eleet" because they read Slashdot, but to imply the GNU project > espouses these views is, quite frankly, slanderous. > > > "Give back to the community!" (which really means, "I'm the community, > > gimme, gimme, gimme!") > > There may be some in the free software movement that think like this, > but this is far from a majority view. > > > "Free as in Freedom!" (but "Free as in no monetary charge" beats > > the hell out of taking a stand) > > Again, Richard Stallman's famous speech makes it clear monetary charge > is not the reason for the free software movement. > > > Free software: It's all about the price. > > The rest of the talk about "freedom", etc. is just trying to keep > > them from looking like cheap, greedy bastards. > > At least for an awful lot of 'em. > > You know, it's fine if you hate the GPL. But I'll be damned if I just > sit here and let you spread outright Goddamned *lies* about the free > software movement and the people that represent it. > > I'm not cheap. I'm not greedy. All I am after, is the freedom to use my > computer the way I want to without Microsoft, Apple, Google, AOL, Adobe, > Real, or other large companies being able to step in and say "no you > can't do that, it's not in our (financial) best interests to let you". > For me, it's always been about freedom. I would think for most of the > free software movement that truly knows what's going on, it *is* about > freedom.
Before you embark on your storm in a teacup, re-read (and re-read again if you still don't get it) Nick's message. It's clear you missed/misunderstood half of the points he was making. DS
