What is everyone's opinion about the Free Software Foundation?
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Originally Posted by msxenix
The free software organization has provided computer users a great amount of programs, including the GNU operating system. However, I think Richard Stallman is a little bit of an extremist. I think that the idea that all software becoming "free as in beer" is unrealistic.
It is.
The FSF is not about free as in beer, the Free in FSF stands for freedom. Richard Stallman believes all software should be free as in freedom, but is not against selling software.
if I lived in the way Richard Stallman asks me to live then I don't think I could use Steam on Linux or use game consoles because in his eyes they would be bad because the hardware is closed and cannot be modified.
He is not just talking to you. He is talking to them and everyone. If I have had my best offer accepted. My computer would have been this one.
Free software is even relied on by Windows and Mac users also. Besides
He is not just talking to you. He is talking to them and everyone.
No... I'm pretty sure Richard stallman only cares that Treverend is the only one whom uses Free software. i rang him up and asked him, everyone else is Free to do as they want.
love it indeed! Regarding capitalism, it's just 'the invisible hand of the market' used to best advantage. Free software is more specific. I am not an expert in anything but if I want to build a wooden box but the use of hammers is restricted to paid membership of the hammers guild, how do I build a box execpt by paying my membership?
love it indeed! Regarding capitalism, it's just 'the invisible hand of the market' used to best advantage. Free software is more specific. I am not an expert in anything but if I want to build a wooden box but the use of hammers is restricted to paid membership of the hammers guild, how do I build a box execpt by paying my membership?
Fred.
tongue in grove/dove tail and/or mallet with wood glue.
The original point of IP laws were to encourage discovery and innovation. Only from a person willing to create from the sweat from their brow would spring forth new ideas. The Governments were to protect those ideas to repay the creators. After some time, the public was to get these ideas as part of public domain. The first copyright times were generally the considered generation time of 20 years. It is now 100 years or more and no one could life long enough to get those into public domain.
To suggest that everyone on the planet would just do work for the good of their fellow humans is not practical. It is quite well proved that socialism won't produce innovation because humans simply are not cows.
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