On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Richard Pieri <[email protected]>wrote:
> John Abreau wrote: > > Freedom only for developers is kind of like a democracy where only >> wealthy landowners are allowed to vote. >> > > As if freedom only for users is any better. > > > Developers are themselves users. Saying that freedom is "only" for users is the same as saying freedom is restricted "only" to everybody. The connotations of the word "only" in that sentence conflict with the fact that the group includes everybody, and thus using the word "only" in that sentence is .disingenuous. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
