-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 J Cruit wrote: >> His idea is not that FreBSD "contains non-free software" (what you wrote) >> it's much more pedantic than that -- it's that FreeBSD's "ports system >> does suggest non-free programs." >> >> Apparently, the FreeBSD supporters make a big issue of it, but really all >> Stallman is doing is saying that he doesn't recommend FreeBSD for that >> reason. If they want him to recommend it, they'll have to change it. >> It's not that he is doing something wrong. His thing is to promote free >> software, and he can do that better by not recommending FreeBSD. He isn't >> attacking FreeBSD, he's just not recommending it. >> >> Mike >> > > So he wants FreeBSD to restrict and close off the system to limit what > people can do with it? Umm.. what? > > I guess that is perhaps the difference between free and open? Personally I'm all about choices. Give me the freedom to choose proprietary closed source software, open source software, or free software. I use a mixture of all three. Restricting my freedom to choose, whether it's proprietary closed source, Free Software, or Open Source software leaves me feeling unsatisfied and unfulfilled, and if I want to feel that way I can always download a linux distribution. I don't need someone telling me I shouldn't listen to mp3's simply because they aren't "Free" ;) - -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5ABC 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFI4a1+JvkB8SevrssRAuZsAJ0dxm61co04PWx3k1+REzfgeZ1N1wCcD/LK z8q6U9PDH5nYRzii5gR1D9U= =jbyG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----