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Article #1826Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: Des Herriott
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
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On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 02:01:40 +1000, Thandor <homer_j_simpson@my-dejanews.com> wrote: > Des Herriott <des@corp.netcom.net.uk> spake thusly: > >Free software is a Good Thing, but people still have a right to charge > >for their work if they want to, and believe it or not, they also have a > >right to release binary-only software. If that offends you greatly, go > >and do something about it, and stop whinging. Go on, write a GPL'd > >Quake, I dare you. Out of curiosity, what free software have you > >written/released? > > Not to either agree or disagree with either your post or the post you were > responding to, but why are you asking him to write his own quake? Are you > saying only those who know how to program are entitled to free software? > That only those who know how to program are entitled to an opinion on the > software they use? Well, no... I guess I was being a bit facetious - I think Klaus's comment that Id are "evil" just because they don't release the source to Quake is just plain ridiculous. The whole point of free software is that people can and do contribute - taking an attitude as extreme as Klaus's while not being prepared to *do* something about it seems just a little hypocritical, IMHO. You don't need to be a programmer to contribute to free software though - I don't claim that. Just using it and letting authors know that they're doing a good job or otherwise is a contribution in itself. -- Des Herriott des@ops.netcom.net.uk
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: des@corp.netcom.net.uk (Des Herriott) Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/28 Message-ID: <6unfcu$bb0$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> X-Deja-AN: 395535816 References: <6snt2s$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> <slrn70nfj4.5nt.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> X-Complaints-To: abuse@corp.netcom.net.uk X-Trace: taliesin.netcom.net.uk 906969310 11616 194.42.224.25 (28 Sep 1998 07:55:10 GMT) Organization: NETCOM Internet Ltd. NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 1998 07:55:10 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss