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[Major.Mikey]

Maybe you should put a sign in your front yard saying 'Free HotSpot'.


On Wednesday 13 July 2005 02:39 pm, Ted Gould wrote:
> Donn wrote:
> > On 7/13/05, *Ted Gould* <ted at gould.cx <mailto:ted at gould.cx>> wrote:
> >
> >     I guess I get tired of the phrase "people who have open WAPs are lazy
> > or stupid".  I have a WAP, it is open.  I know how to configure it.  I
> > choose to leave it open.  I haven't had any issues.
> >
> >                     --Ted
> >
> > So, do you leave your car unlocked with the keys in it too? Your choice.
>
> No, and perhaps that's the misunderstanding:
>
> "free software" is to "free hardware"
>
>  - as -
>
> "free Wifi" is to "free car"
>
> If you use my Wifi, there is no additional cost to me.  If you take my
> car, I would have to buy another.  This is the same as software
> requiring no cost to replicate versus hardware which does.
>
>   --Ted
>
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