Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Klaus Schilling
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:00

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des@corp.netcom.net.uk (Des Herriott) writes:

> On 24 Sep 1998 12:22:01 +0200, Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> wrote:
> > I attack !"$|%%$%s like Corel and Id as well. All apps need to be free,
> > including games. Corel and Id are immoral beings and need to be boycotted.
> 
> Oh, don't be silly.
>
Irrelevant.
 
> 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?
> 
My curses ,termios and some other modules for guile are not yet released 
because J.Blandy should proof-read them before.
I'm not interested in action games, so I won't do a quake clone, but a role
playing game in guile.

> I paid for Quake (and Quake II) cos I thought it was worth it, and I
> don't regret that.
> 
Freedom has nothing to do with price.

    Klaus Schilling

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From: Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/25
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