🚀 go-pugleaf

I find it interesting that these discussions never seem to take place without
the use of loaded terminology from the FSF types.  People who want to charge
money for software are "hoarders".  People who want to earn more money than
the poster personally finds appropriate are "greedy".  Give me a break.

I think the whole FSF position has a dog-in-the-manger flavor.  The software
I write and give away is truly free, without restrictions beyond a request
for proper acknowlegement of authorship.  If somebody wants to make money
packaging and selling that software, more power to them.  I happen to be
aware of the time and effort involved in doing that;  it's one reason why
I choose to give away my software rather than selling it.

If somebody were to "borrow" and sell software which I was selling myself,
then I feel that I would have a right to be annoyed, because they would be
taking money that I would otherwise earn for myself.  But if somebody wants
to profit from something I gave away for free, what have I lost?  'Tain't
money, that's for sure.
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	Geoff Kuenning	geoff@la.locus.com	geoff@ITcorp.com