>> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:53:30AM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:49:42PM -0600, Gilles Chehade wrote:
>>>> Why didn't you answer my mail Rui ?
>>>> You are a troll.
>>>
>>> Either I did and you missed it, or it wasn't the answer you'd
>>> expect or
>>> I found it so irrelevant it didn't even raise any bell.
>>>
>>
>> You have not answered at all, you have answered to other people so
>> that
>> you could dodge my embarassing question instead of explaining why
>> it is
>> different to do the exact same thing when you are from the FSF.
>
> I'm not from the FSF.
>
>> According to YOU, it is okay to have emacs and gcc run on a
>> proprietary
>> system as it allows more people to run free software. How is it
>> that it
>> is wrong to allow more people to run a free system by giving them
>> links
>> to proprietary software if it encourages them to keep their free
>> system
>> instead of switching to a proprietary one ?
>
> 1)
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/ isn't "links"
> 2) using more free software is better than not running it at all
> 3) incentivating usage of non-free software on free software operating
> systems doesn't incentivate the creation of free software
> replacements
> 4) FYI I think the wine project is counter-productive as it enables
> running non-free software on free software operating systems, and as
> such de-incentivates the creation of replacements.
> 4.1) but it's free software and its authors have their own
> independence.
>
>> By providing emacs and gcc for windows you encourage people to run
>> just
>> a few free applications with proprietary system and (many) tools,
>> while
>> we just give people the freedom to install a proprietary
>> application on
>> top of a free system with free tools.
>
> Look, OpenBSD is aggressive enough that people who "need" such non-
> free
> software likely won't even run it on OpenBSD, so what you're saying is
> that to the convenience of a few people who don't care for freedom of
> all users, you distribute non-free software.
>
>>> Anyways, most of your emails have been so rude that in
>>> afterthought I
>>> shouldn't even "honour" you with a reply.
>>
>> I try hard to keep my emails insult-free, saying that they are rude
>> for
>> helping you avoid embarassing questions is what makes you a troll.
>> Just
>> like your friend Stallman, you play on words and act like a victim
>> if a
>> person points
>
> No, I am a victim and your (generically, not specifically you)
> attitude
> actually makes my relation with OpenBSD very frustrating.
