On 1/9/08 12:54 AM, Eric Furman wrote:

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> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:31:20 -0500, "Richard Stallman"

> said:

>>     Since plants can be easily replicated, why are we buying food from

>>     farmers?

>>

>> I'm not against buying software from developers (as long as it is free

>> software).  See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.

>

>

> This is one of the most retarded things I've ever read.

> You might get one wanker to pay for it, but if it comes

> in non-binary with all the source what's to stop them

> from posting it on the internet and everybody else

> getting it for free?

You got the point, Richard doesn't respect creators. He wants every programmer

to go through life as beggar like he does himself. Giving in that that's

impossible, that you cannot raise children that way doesn't matter to him.
Following Richard Stallman's theories everyone may make money with his

creation/work except a programmer. Richard Stallman /says/ a programmer may

earn money 1 time and than the code should be free after that.
Why he says so is clueless, he clearly cannot explain how a programmer should

make money if it's about a lot of work that is just a little feature for a lot

of people, such a programmer should go around and ask a milion users a cent

before he lets them test the code. Because the moment he let other people test

it, the code should be for grabs too. Richard want's such a programmer to spam

the world about a little feature to get money for it.
This man has no respect for programmers, clearly doesn't understand why money

was invented and how a market can be a very reasonable way to let people earn

money.
+++chefren