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Free software is too free to control the worldFree software is too free to control the worldPosted Sep 13, 2003 16:08 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Packaging proprietary applications by ber Parent article: A Brief Tour of New Distributions Unfortunately, free software is by its very nature unsuited to that sort of social engineering. People are free to use free software for anything, including advancing proprietary software and running down free software. It is only natural that if you distribute a free software package with features withheld for the global good, that someone will use your work to distribute a package with the features included, for local good. The Microsoft model is more appropriate for overcoming local selfishness for global good.
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