bofh wrote:
On Dec 15, 2007 11:04 AM, Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
stupid. Shut up." In case you missed it, this discussion revolves just
as much around the concept of what Richard considers freedom as it does
around licenses and source. This is what I'm on about. My
understanding of Richard's viewpoint is that proprietary software sucks,
and doing anything to support it sucks as well. I want to know why
buying (and thus supporting) a proprietary package causes me to suck as
well, when in my view, I'm out there having fun, and helping others have
fun as well.
He has never said the end user can not buy anything they want.
Agreed. But what he has (apparently) said is that doing so sucks, as it
encourages them to continue their proprietary (and hence, bad/unethical)
ways. I'd like to know why paying for a company's software, in a very
niche market with no BSD/GPL/otherfree alternative, makes me suck as well.
