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There sure as heck is a difference between slaveryware and |
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freedomware. It may seem to you that, for non-programmers, there is |
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no difference between not being able to recode Microsoft or Apple |
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software vs Linux software, but there is a world of difference. With |
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proprietary software, there is only once legal path to mods, and that |
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is to convince the owner to change the software as you would like, |
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either by big bucks or a massive publicity campaign. With Linux, even |
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if I can't do it, there are hundreds of thousands of people who could, |
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and it would only take a few bucks or a good friend to do it. It is |
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not only possible, easily, but also there is a lot of choice on how to |
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do it. That is the essence of freedom. |
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It absolutely is just like a car, or a house, or anything else. If my |
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house could only be modified by the original builder, it would never |
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be modified -- I'd never even get a picture hung for want of being |
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able to put a nail in a stud. Now maybe I can't add a drawbridge to |
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my house myself, I can't do the welding or design, but my friend |
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could, and did. |
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There is a HUGE difference between slaveryware and freedomware. A |
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vital essential difference. It is why I run Linux myself. |
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Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@×××××××.com |
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I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o |
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