"To release a non-free program is always ethically tainted..." But it's okay to get paid for work on somebody else's "ethically tainted" software, or expect contributions to support your work, or do "free" work on somebody else's time, or pyramid sell the idea of free software to stay on top of that particular heap. Well, it sounds awfully like crap to me, folks. If you give it away, which I sometimes do, you kiss it goodbye, but that's not making a living.
The most insidious part of this cant is the quasi-religious assertion that the author can define what is ethical and what is not. Ethics is a set of principles to guide behavior. You don't have to be a collectivist, individualist or anything else to organize your own ethics. Odd how the promulgators of free software can be so opposed to free ideas. "The only real human right is to do what you please, and this brings with it the only human responsibility - to take the consequences." P.J. O'Rourke Jim ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
