On Dec 13, 2007, at 5:15 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:30:28PM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
while we do provide a free operating system,
http://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
makes it total clear that you are a hypocrite and a liar.
And makes it total clear that you are the hypocrite and a liar.
Choice quotes from that page:
Microsoft Windows is a clear and instructive example of non-free
software.
Using free software on Microsoft Windows (or any non-free
operating system) is the first step towards freedom, but it does
not get you all the way there.
So the next step is to replace Windows with a free operating
system such as GNU/Linux[1].
However, on this page we're concerned with the first step.
[1] Now I see why you have such animosity towards this page...
RMS claims that OpenBSD does not meet his criteria as a recommendable
free operating system since the userland ports infrastructure contains
references to non-free software. As your choice quotes demonstrate,
Richard Stallman, the FSF and the GNU project advocate the use of non-
free operating systems. They go so far as to provide binary
executables on their own official servers.
It doesn't get any more hypocritical than that.
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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
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