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Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question

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Cc: Alexander Terekhov <alexander.terekhov@...>, <weerd@...>, <deraadt@...>, <romabysen@...>, <misc@...>
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 8:33 am

On Jan 6, 2008 4:16 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

So if it is a new model of cell phone and if the owner teaches you how
to use it and make life easy for you will that be

1) Wrong on his part to encourage you to using a device you don't use?
2) Wrong on your part to take his advice and help to use it?


In the same sense OpenBSD does not promote the use of non free software.
It would be wrong if their distribution contained non-free software.

But some where ( just like you use take help from the mobile phone
owner to use it ) in the ports system are instructions to install a
non-free software which is not mandatory for users to use.

Do you get the logic at least now?

Can you see through the hypocrisy?


More than that you change your quotations
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Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Jack J. Woehr, (Thu Jan 3, 12:44 pm)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Alexander Terekhov, (Sat Jan 5, 11:41 am)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Alexander Terekhov, (Sat Jan 5, 12:27 pm)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Richard Stallman, (Sun Jan 6, 6:46 am)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Siju George, (Sun Jan 6, 8:33 am)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Richard Stallman, (Mon Jan 7, 12:18 am)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Denis Doroshenko, (Sat Jan 12, 8:50 pm)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Alexander Terekhov, (Sun Jan 6, 7:52 am)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Jeremy Huiskamp, (Thu Jan 3, 10:27 pm)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Douglas A. Tutty, (Thu Jan 3, 10:42 pm)
Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question, Douglas A. Tutty, (Thu Jan 3, 5:35 pm)
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