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Article #1754Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: Klaus Schilling
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
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Nix <$}xin{$@esperi.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> > BTW do you use XV? You are aware that this
> > package (inlcuded with most Linux distributions) is shareware aren't
> > you?
>
> Yes, and I am also aware that it has effectively died, because source
> was not available and the maintainer stopped maintaining it.
>
> This will not happen so easily to ImageMagick, for instance, because
> if John Cristy ceases to maintain it, someone else cna pick it up.
> (Of course, this does not mean `non-open-source software is bad', just
> that it is more risky than open source software, because it is more
> likely to die off than open source software is.)
>
No, non-open-source applications are always worse than pestillence and war.
They need to be wiped from the face of the earth, and their copyright holders
need to be morally and mentally boycotted.
Klaus Schilling
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