[CS-FSLUG] Philosophical Debate

[Don Parris]

On 11/9/05, Robert W. <robertwo at insightbb.com> wrote:
> On 11/08/2005 10:05:32 PM, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> > Nathan T. wrote:
> > > On 11/9/05, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Don Parris wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>Who's right? I admit I tend to favor the former. All the more so
> > >>>>for FreeBSD. This is because I view FOSS through the eyes
> > of >>>>faith. I understand "narrow is the path" following Jesus, and
> > the >>>>logic of that suits me. To find that in FOSS is comfortable
> > and >>>>comforting. MS Windows is an example of what accommodation
> > looks >>>>like, in my mind. It results in a hellish dependency and
> > >>>>ignorance, and much waste of resources.
> [snip]
> > > If you're Christian convictions are telling you not to be enslaved
> > > by unreasonable binding terms then I could see why you would feel
> > > this way, I don't think God intended for us to be servants to a
> > > EULA either ;-)
> >
> > Just to add something to the soup:
> >
> > God calls us into bondage.  Bondage to him.  It is a great price that
> > we are called to pay to follow him.  Only through losing your own
> > life....
> >
> > Only through bondage to him can we know what true freedom really is.
>
> And the root issue, in both cases, is faith (aka trust). Our freedom in
> Christ comes from the faith (trust) that He can and will provide for
> our needs - Matt. 6:28.
>
> A proprietary license is a company saying "trust me". FOSS takes the
> oposite stance. It says I don't trust that same company.
>
> --

And we know we can't trust any company like we can Jesus!

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