http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/33466
there is a whole story in the thread for those who want to spend the time to read it. Summary: the usual thug shout out loudest that open source is the root cause of all problems. even driven in a corner he is still unrepentant. And nobody was trying to preach Freedom there. Participation in Open Source can be explained in many ways. For some it is idealism, social engagement, community. For others it is ego-centric self-interest. And for many it is somewhere in between. Left and right are part of the whole political spectrum, in Open Source like in art and in real life. And where left and right can't cooperate the system is guaranteed to breakdown. In terms of real and perceived Freedom, I personally find more Freedom in BSD than in GPL; and in public domain more than in BSD. YMMV. It is also not the most important criteria to me when choosing which software to use; or which one to contribute to. I'm pragmatic and relaxed about the choice of license and have contributed to GPL and BSD projects with equal passion. What I can not live with (and where I quickly become dogmatic) is disrespect for intellectual property / licensing terms. And this is a real concern I have with the general public. I've seen GPL violations; CC violations; (C) violations; and all of them are equally unacceptable to me no matter if the concerned party is a Free or proprietary creator. Yuv _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
