On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: >> I have certain doubts that you understand the point of free (as in >> speech) software. The reason for my doubts is because you keep talking >> about the character of the giver. >> >> The giver/taker dichotomy is, frankly, artificial. GIMP isn't a >> commercial software project. For one, we don't rely on "the customer >> is always right" rule. If you judge us, we are allowed to judge you >> back, except it's neither constructive nor fun. >> >> Cheers are motivational, but so are technical challenges, and we >> currently have tons of the latter and a good supply of the former. >> >> Eventually all currently existing software will become obsolete, and >> GIMP is no exception. The sooner it happens, the sooner the team will >> have more spare time for families, friends, and various hobbies. We'll >> probably even start giving away free hugs instead of free software. >> My, my -- what a horrible perspective :) > > > The giver/taker dichotomy is not artificial. It is more than human, in > fact. It is quite animal in nature. As an "aspi" myself, I recognize that > it is inherently tempting to seek to discard things which are "not > necessary." But to suggest that giver-taker relationships are artificial? > No. Giver-taker, teacher-learner are animal relationships and one which is > especially developed among humans.
Either I failed to explain, or you didn't get it. What I meant to say is that the same person can be both a giver and a taker. You seem to be attempting to suggest that it isn't so. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
