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In article <RYAN.91Jul24180708@ra.cs.umb.edu> ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes:
>One thing that separates the so-called GNU ideal from the current
>trend is that the GNU ideal makes room for software hoarders.  If you
>don't like the way the GNU philosophy works, there is nothing
>preventing you from developing proprietary software and distributing
>that any way that makes your heart happy.  Whereas current software

You've missed the point.  There's nothing keeping me from doing it,
but it does mean that it is harder to do it.  The initial wall is
harder to climb.  That's all.

>them.  So why the sour attitude?  If it doesn't work, it doesn't work.
>On the otherhand, so far it has been working pretty well.

You missed that point to.  It's worked well for development tools and
(somewhat less so) for end-user tools aimed at developers.  It has not
worked in one single case for dumb end-user tools.  Show me a single
GNU-licensed product that is popular outside of the development community.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.