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Getting embedded system designers fired
Getting embedded system designers fired
Posted Jan 17, 2006 0:28 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Misunderstanding of embedded system designers by karim
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look
So some engineers waste their time and efforts building stupid restrictions into devices. So for some reason (other than avoiding crappy hardware) we should care about them by making their jobs easier; and then altogether getting them fired by not buying the result of their work.
Sorry, but I don't feel that way about members of the free software community. Either I want to help them, and then I want them to have good jobs; or I don't want them in the community. In my case, I don't want free software near e.g. the nauseating LIBRIe. It would give people the wrong message about free software and copyrights: that sharing information is wrong.
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[OT] Librie
Posted Jan 18, 2006 9:39 UTC (Wed) by ikm (subscriber, #493) [Link]
Librie was "liberated" by SONY long ago -- by providing all the tools to produce unencumbered texts -- apparently after they have found no one bought the device without it.