[CS-FSLUG] The Moral Foundation of Free Software

[Don Parris]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:30:16 +0800, Leon Brooks
<xtiansrc at leon.brooks.fdns.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 January 2005 01:06, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > I don't agree. We all have to eat and pay our bills. A code jockey is
> > no different than the rest of us. I support BOTH, FOSS and
> > proprietary. There's no reason that they both can't exist side by
> > side, just as there's NO VALID reason for MickySoft NOR any other
> > company to do business in an immoral manner.
> 
> The Bible is a unique blend of socialist and individualist principles.
> My view is that if Freeing the software enables many community members
> to do a little better, where leaving it proprietary only benefits you,
> then by all means Free it. If everyone involved is doing this, then
> everyone involved is working to make your life better. In Real Life,
> very few will be so community-minded, but as long as *enough* people
> are, it doesn't matter. The greedy proprietors will be cut off at the
> knees by the competition, and the non-greedy ones (ie that aren't
> relying their proprietary leverage as a weapon in the marketplace) will
> prosper alongside everyone else. You will be breadwinner by ongoing use
> of your skills, not by chaining an idea in a corner and charging
> admission to see it.
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 
> --
I believe if this thread goes too much further, we'll all have
completed our doctoral dissertations. :D  I'm not calling an end to
the thread - just noting the great education I'm getting here. ;)  I
love this list!


Don
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