Re: Matt Assay Tells the Truth

[Rjack]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Hyman Rosen wrote: [...]
> > Notice that the FSF does nothing at all to prevent software
> > developers from doing anything they wish, as long as they do
> > not involve themselves with GPLed code.
>
> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3737586_2/Richard-Stallman-Live-and-Unplugged.htm
>
>
> "Developer: But freedom comes with responsibilities. On one side
> is freedom, and on the other is the rights of the people who
> create the content–
>
> Stallman: [getting agitated]: No, no, no, they have no right to 
> subjugate others! Software developers have no right to take away
> from other people the freedoms they are entitled to. And so
> non-free software is completely unethical and should not exist at
> all. That’s why I work on free software. We will give them the
> free software so your non-free software will fail! [big laugh and
> applause from crowd].
>
> Developer: There’s a fundamental fallacy in what you’re saying. I
> don’t have anything against you writing free software–
>
> Stallman: But I have something against your writing non-free
> software! [Big audience laugh] You subjugate other people! You
> want to keep them divided and helpless."

Free at last! Free at last! Stallman has freed us from the surly
bonds of proprietary servitude! Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow us all the days of our lives -- and we shall gratefully
donate our dollars to the Free Software Foundation.