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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Pichlo, I know you long enough to realize you're trolling now
Believe me or not, I was not trolling. I stand behind my objections to Stallman's ideas. A software is a thing and the idea of granting the software some freedom is a logical nonsense.

You say he does not have any power other than words. Well praise the Lord. Imagine the world in which he did. We have just seen in my own country how much damage people with "no more power than just words" can do. We have seen similar examples multiple times throughout Europe in the course of past century.

I concede that "a dictator" is inaccurate and I apologize. How does "a potential dictator" work for you?

EDIT:
I typed the above in a hurry before I had to rush around my kids. I also punctured a tyre in the rush so you can say I was punished for my heresy. But the point is I did not the time have to address this bit properly:

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
There were 100 people before who shared their information and ideas for free so that you could use their common work for your benefit. They did so under the condition that, if you had a great idea to improve it, you'd share it back, and they trusted you in this. - Now you call those people "dictators" and want to keep the outcome for yourself, even though maybe your own input was minimal. How on earth can you even try to excuse such behaviour with a "fight for freedom against dictatorship"?
I have no objections to that. But now I start understanding where you come from. I was coming from the exactly opposite angle. Imagine I write some piece of SW and want to make it public. Completely free, under no conditions. Be my guest, do whatever you want. I call that freedom. But not Mr Stallman. It is not free unless he says it is. And he say I must impose some conditions. Freedom? Bah humbug.
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