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- From: lukka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tuomas J Lukka)
- Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.205326.24479@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- References: <H.eg.sISqCqbnpuk@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca> <1993Jan22.222424.24191@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan23.081203.25955@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:53:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.081203.25955@samba.oit.unc.edu> jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.222424.24191@klaava.Helsinki.FI> lukka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tuomas J Lukka) writes:
- >>
- >>The point is, although I consider GNU a Good Thing in general, I wouldn't
- >>put any program on my home PC any more that I couldn't get the source to,
- >>GNU is weeding out the diversity of the software market.
- >
- >You did it! You just got the whole point of the FSF by accident.
-
- By accident? Hardly. I DO know how to read...
-
- >And rather than "weeding out diversity", this should just up the ante. People
- >write great software *and* the user has the source available.
-
- Except that the truth value of the proposition before the *and* is not neces-
- sarily T.
-
- People write software that WILL DO for others because it's free and has
- source availability. Not necessarily great.
-
- >If the consumer (you for example) demands it, it will happen. Thats what the
- >market is all about. ;)
-
- Market? With FREE software? Please, explain what the 'market' has to do with
- free software? It's creators are not affected by the market, they make what
- they see fit.
-
- Or do you mean that consumers start demanding companies to write free software?
- Please convince USL not to sue UCB and I will believe you.
-
- TJL
-