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Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Klaus Schilling
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00
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clee2@envirolink.org (Chris Lee) writes:

> In article <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk>, jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk 
> says...
> >
> >In article <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de>, Klaus Schilling
> ><Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> writes
> >>Freedom has nothing to do with price.
> >
> >It appears only to be an extension of YOUR will - for everyone!
> >
> >Most of us are quite content to pay for good quality commercial
> >software.

Commercial or not doesn't matter. It's proprietary software that is downright 
evil. This has nothing to do with being commercial or not.

> >
> >Companies like ID Software and Applix are not claiming that their
> >products are free so what is your problem?
> >

Intellectual Property is theft from the collective mind, thus downright
evil. 

> >They aer actually doing Linux (and open source in general) a lot of good
> >by bringing them into the open so that even more people can benefit from
> >them.

No, they don't. 

> This person sounds like he's involved in the Windows Share(Cripple)ware 
> Scam, er industry in some fashion and is pissed that he and his cohorts have 
> been pretty much been avoided/ignored in the linux world.

Shareware apps are evil "$|%$$ and need to be shunned, along with applixware.

Klaus Schilling
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From: Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/26
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