On Thursday 13 September 2007, Marco Peereboom wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 07:09:09AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:

> > Free software: It's all about the price.

> > The rest of the talk about "freedom", etc. is just trying to keep

> > them from looking like cheap, greedy bastards.

> > At least for an awful lot of 'em.

>

> I have to point out that I have been told on this list by a GPL fan

> that the dictionary definition of freedom isn't correct.  He was so

> friendly to ask me who the hell I was to tell him what freedom means.

>  Freedom for him did mean free + random rules.

>

> For all the great things the GPL has done its followers really could

> do some reading on that whole "definition of words" thing.

RMS_Jones: "It's free as in koolaid."

SadVictim: "Umm... no thanks."

RMS_Jones: "Then I'll force you to drink it."