Resisting the binary blob

Posted Nov 18, 2006 4:35 UTC (Sat) by kmw (guest, #38039)
Parent article: Resisting the binary blob

A better solution, of course, would be for everyone to get over themselves and realize that there is nothing inherently ethically inferior about proprietary software.

I used to be a hardcore Stallmanite, too, until I realized he was a lunatic. While ESR's pragmatic arguments for free software have merit, there is no particular ETHICAL reason to use free over non-free software.

Resisting the binary blob

Posted Nov 19, 2006 19:27 UTC (Sun) by allesfresser (guest, #216) [Link]

Thanks so much for deigning to share your infinite wisdom. We can all go and abandon our principles now, as you apparently have. How wrong we were, how foolish and deluded. Apparently people aren't meant to share and contribute to each other's intellectual achievements after all; hoarding, suspicion, duplicated effort and endless lawsuits are so much better for everyone involved.