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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: If I may interject...
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:42:23
Message-Id: 200608202240.56229.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: If I may interject... by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On Thursday 17 August 2006 05:20, Duncan wrote:
2 > excerpted below, on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:01:37 -0700:
3 > > I told a friend that there were some in the community who called
4 > > proprietary software slaveryware. His response? "Holy shit!" If that
5 > > term spreads, we can forget about convincing otherwise logical people
6 > > that free software is the Right Way. There are two problems with it:
7 > >
8 > > 1) It's incorrect. There is nothing at this point in time that causes
9 > > you to be enslaved by proprietary software.
10 >
11 > Tell that to the many that can't leave it, due to "just one app",
12 > <snip>
13
14 Lundy's point was that nutjobs hurt the free software movement
15
16 if you want to further a movement, use your head and employ logic, dont employ
17 stupid terms
18 -mike