Non-free software is divisive and harmful.
Non-free software is divisive and harmful.
Posted Jun 16, 2006 1:52 UTC (Fri) by bignose (subscriber, #40)In reply to: Non-free software is divisive and harmful. by proski
Parent article: Google Earth for Linux
> 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.