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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

Free/Libre Software and Community Networking FORUM

RMS & the war of words.

From: aland_-at-_striker.ottawa.on.ca (Alan DeKok)
Date: 4 Feb 1999 11:36:35 -0500

  I think this will be my final comment on this topic (for now).

  My problems with this whole issue are typified by:

http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

  (paraphrased) Open Source is a subset of Free Software, but we want
Free Software, so we should fight against the people advocating Open
Source.

  This is a political and a religious solution, not a practical one.

  Under this same reasoning, politicians oppose bills giving starving
people food, because in their minds, the bill doesn't go far enough.
Meanwhile, people starve.

  I don't want people to starve.  I'm willing to make imperfect
compromises so that people don't starve.  And I don't think I'm
"anti-people" for doing so.

  Alan DeKok.

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