Linux for small business

[Tom Achtenberg]

Sorry, but after reading the first line of the "About Free Software"
section, "Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use
software in all the ways that are socially useful. "  I cannot buy into this
"movement"  The clear implication is they feel anything someone writes
belongs to everyone, not the person who wrote it.  That is the very system
that was tried and failed miserably in Easter Europe.  I do not and will not
buy into it in the least.  It is the same mentality that drove me away from
the Libertarian party in the political world.  Under that system, there is
no incentive to improve or excel.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gontran Zepeda" <gontran@gontran.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Linux for small business


* Tom Achtenberg (lists@achtenberg.com) wrote:
> RE: Linux for small businessI don't see a whole lot of difference between
> the "Free Software Movement" and the "Shareware" movement.  Just a
> different platform.

Harumph.

See:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html

And related documents there at gnu.org


Gontran
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