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 > > I think it's fabulously ironic.  Software companies hamstrung by
 > > greed.  They're sinners, unrepentent, Hell-bound.  Is it any
 > > surprise that the FSF turns a deaf ear to their screams?  A tit
 > > for tat and all that, eh?
 > 
 > Actually, the FSF probably receives its largest donations from
 > corporations which sell non-free software.

"Hypocrites", in other words. :-)

Of course the situation is not as black and white as my little
joke above might indicate.  Corporations are capable of great
philanthropy, but you can expect them to have their collectively
noses all pointed in the direction of money.  And as we all know,
the love of money is the root of all evil.

 > They likely sell hardware too, but the reality is that the FSF
 > can't determine where the money comes from and doesn't try to
 > in any visible way.  Thus, it is silly to use terms like
 > hell-bound to describe companies whose very 'ill-gotten gains'
 > may be a source of funding for the movement, since then,
 > regardless of any good intentions, the movement falls into the
 > same class as its benefactors.

Not so.  Every cent I own has undoubtedly passed through some
evildoer's hands at some point or the other.  Accepting money
from evildoers doesn't make you evil.  You're evil only if you do
their (evil) bidding.

 > This is not to say that I believe the FSF takes this tact, as I do not
 > believe that Kyle speaks for the FSF and I support the work they are
 > doing.

No, I don't speak for the FSF, and yes I support the work they're
doing, and have donated some time and GPL'd some programs toward
the cause.  That does not mean that I think selling software is
evil.  I do think the way some software is sold is evil, however.