Non-free software is divisive and harmful. [LWN.net]

Non-free software is divisive and harmful.

Posted Jun 15, 2006 23:41 UTC (Thu) by proski (guest, #104)
In reply to: Non-free software is divisive and harmful. by etwilson
Parent article: Google Earth for Linux

The point is, if your friend asks you to help him remove ads from Google Earth, what would you do?

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Non-free software is divisive and harmful.

Posted Jun 16, 2006 1:52 UTC (Fri) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link]

> if your friend asks you to help him remove ads from Google Earth, what
> would you do?

If someone enters an agreement not to help me with respect to a piece of software, and then asks me for help with that same software? The answer would pretty clearly be "no, ask the other party to your exclusive agreement".

http://zgp.org/~dmarti/blosxom/freedom/help-for-nonfree.html

Actions have consequences. If you want help from people around you, don't accept terms that require you not to help people around you.