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Article #1723Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: John McManus
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
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On 28 Sep 1998 01:21:48 +0200, Axel Boldt <axel@uni-paderborn.de> wrote: >Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes: > >> In article <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de>, Klaus Schilling >> <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> writes > >> >Commercial or not doesn't matter. It's proprietary software that is >> >downright evil. This has nothing to do with being commercial or >> >not. >> >> Explain why proprietary software is 'evil'. I challenge you to offer a >> coherent and sensible defence of your arguement. > >Proprietary licenses typically prohibit that people help each other by >cooperating and sharing. Helping, cooperating and sharing are good, >therefore prohibiting them is evil. > >> In particular I want to know what gives you the right to demand that >> you should determine how the result of someone elses work should be >> released. > >There is no such right. For example, even though food, clothes and >families are undoubtedly evil, I don't have the right to demand that >you turn into a nude anorexic loner like myself. > >-- > Axel Boldt ** axel@uni-paderborn.de ** math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/ Actually, I think you may well have the right to make any demands you wish of any human or institution. You have the right to refuse any demands made of you, and so do they. John McManus mcmanus@pop.dn.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public From: mcmanus@pop.dn.net (John McManus) Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/29 Message-ID: <36103de5.4213132@news2.dn.net> X-Deja-AN: 395832066 References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <6tv4h8$24u$7@blue.hex.net> <6tvcur$ken$6@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn706f8l.qlf.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn708sck.3oh.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70amsk.6c3.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70b6md.33f.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de> <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de> <kbCveHAOyWD2EwdN@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <xzqww6prvjn.fsf@uni-paderborn.de> Organization: UseNET news server Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss