Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> > < snip >
>
>> > When I first changed to Linux I thought that I would be able to do all
>> > that I wanted to do on my PC without having to pay money for software.
>>
>> I find I can do this - so far anyway, even though I would not have
>> great objection to payment
>The emphasis is slightly different. Open Source doesn't (always) have
>the freedom aspect, at least not all four freedoms from the GPL
>(paraphrased here):
> - freedom to run
> - freedom to study
> - freedom to redistribute
> - freedom to change and release
For anyone wondering about this
> > < snip >
> > When I first changed to Linux I thought that I would be able to do all
> > that I wanted to do on my PC without having to pay money for software.
>
> I find I can do this - so far anyway, even though I would not have
> great objection to payment (although my income happens to b
Norman Silverstone wrote:
> :
>> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:47 +, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> > > Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not
>> > > have to be free as in beer!
>> >
>> > I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu
>> > what
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Alan,
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:20:53 +, alan c wrote:
>
>> Tony Arnold wrote:
>
>>> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does
>>> not have to be free as in beer!
>>
>> No I am not, for myself anyway. I purchased a retail box of suse 9.1 for
:
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:47 +, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > > Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not
> > > have to be free as in beer!
> >
> > I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu
> > what sort of freedom is represented?
>
On 17/11/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Free (as in software) means freedom, not money. This is why some people
> (myself included) prefer the terms Open Source or Software Libre. I
> think in English when people hear the term free they always think of
> money first.
Sorry to be pe
Alan,
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:20:53 +, alan c wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does
>> not have to be free as in beer!
>
> No I am not, for myself anyway. I purchased a retail box of suse 9.1 for
> example a while ago.
>
> And th
On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:47 +, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not
> > have to be free as in beer!
>
> I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu
> what sort of freedom is represented?
>
> Norman
Fre
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Alan,
>
> alan c wrote:
>
>> a further thought - I have a deep and penetrating appreciation of open
>> source software, but I sometimes reflect on the future of the software
>> industry. I often get the impression that foss authors frequently have
>> a programming day job,
Norman,
Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not
>> have to be free as in beer!
>
> I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu
> what sort of freedom is represented?
If it is FOSS that you have bought, then th
> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not
> have to be free as in beer!
I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu
what sort of freedom is represented?
Norman
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Alan,
alan c wrote:
> a further thought - I have a deep and penetrating appreciation of open
> source software, but I sometimes reflect on the future of the software
> industry. I often get the impression that foss authors frequently have
> a programming day job, not always in foss areas. In
Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was wondering if I could get peoples general opinion on free vs
> non-free drivers etc.
I have just attended a BCS talk/discussion on Open vs Closed:
http://berkshire.bcs.org.uk/
==
Title: The ‘Open versus Closed’ Debate 14th
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:17:45PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
> I just wondered what others thought. How I see it, we're in a perfect
> position to be talking up and demonstrating Linux as an alternative to
> users moving over to Vista and potentially dumping a perfectly good
> computer. I am get
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:39:35PM +, David Morley wrote:
> On 15/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I was wondering if I could get peoples general opinion on free vs
> > non-free drivers etc.
> >
>
I have a pragmatic view. In a utopian world all software would
On 15/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was wondering if I could get peoples general opinion on free vs
> non-free drivers etc.
>
I have two views on this number one I play games on my machine so I
want 3d, which is only available via non-free drivers. Number 2 I
belie
Hi folks,
I was wondering if I could get peoples general opinion on free vs
non-free drivers etc.
We have been having a discussion on our LUG about Flash on PPC. It
eventually turned into a proprietary is bad argument with the usual
suspects preaching that everyone should use just free softwa
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