[Chugalug] Richard Stallman and open source

[rdflowers]

Once again you invoke the very boogy-man of force that you won't defend.

Exactly WHO does this refer to -- "But I also don't believe anyone  
should have to be
> forced to share what they've done, what they've created if they don't want
> to.   ??  WHO ??

You mean you should be able to include a copy of my code in a program  
with code you write, and padlock the whole thing, whether I want you  
to or not?

So, if I copied something of yours, added a little, and obfuscated it,  
and gave you no credit or cash -- you'd (1) not object, and (2)  
believe no one should object in such a situation ???



----- Message from chad78 at gmail.com ---------
     Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:55:16 -0600
     From: Chad Smith <chad78 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group  
<chugalug at chugalug.org>
  Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Richard Stallman and open source
       To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group  
<chugalug at chugalug.org>


> He is a freak - a creep - a weirdo - and an extremist.
>
> I readily admitted that I do not like him as a person.
>
> Now - what views of his do I disagree with?  That open source is the only
> way to go.  That without open source the world's data would be locked up in
> the control a few corporations.  That he himself did more for Linux than
> Linus.  That "what people refer to as Linux is really GNU".  That people
> should listen to him at all about anything.
>
> Before there was an OpenOffice.org or an AbiWord - there were tons of
> for-profit, closed-source programs that could open Microsoft Office
> documents.  And there still are.
>
> As long as there is a need for people to have access to their data, there
> will be a market for it.  If there is a market for it, then someone with
> the skills to make it happen and/or the drive to make it happen will...
> make it happen.
>
> No one has to give away their time, talents, and creativity.  I am glad
> that they do - and grateful, but it is not a "need" - it is not a necessity
> nor an imperative. It is a nice thing.  It is a cool thing.  But it is not
> a need thing.
>
> I don't believe in software patents.  I don't even actually agree with
> copyrights at all.  But I also don't believe anyone should have to be
> forced to share what they've done, what they've created if they don't want
> to.  You can write a piece of software, and sell it, and make it hard to
> copy without permission - without a copyright.  And you can share your
> software freely, if you choose to - without sharing the source code.
>  Freeware, Shareware, Trialware... these things have existed for decades.
>
> *- Chad W. Smith*
>


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