>> Being fanatic about some thing is not fruitful.. It is applicable to FSF >> too.. > If FSF had been prepared to compromise on freedom, there would have been > no free software. Imagine, if freedom fighters like Gandhiji or Martin > Luther King or Nelson Mandela had been willing to compromise on freedom, > the respective peoples would still have been under the yoke of > oppression. These are principles on which there cannot be compromise. > Unfortunately, we are used to a world where we see people willing to > compromise on anything so long as they benefit.
Well, we can always be firm on freedom and be not fanatic at the same time right ? Don't you think we could do that ,rather that push our demands for freedom to the extend that it puts us in misery ? If we want absolute freedom it'll be at a huge cost... most likely, at the cost of other's freedom. What I'm trying to say is that if for the sake of "freedom" we do something like keep away all proprietary drivers, the hardware manufacturers will have less interest than if we gave them an opportunity to run linux-drivers. Once they see what their linux-drivers do for their h/w they'd move towards making the code open and free. I feel that holding on to "freedom" too tightly shoos away average ppl too. -- Regards, Yadu Nand B -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
