I agree with your opinion that exploiting free software leads to problems. Gratitude is a good thing but your arguments have a few flaws.
An argument could be made that Truth Social isn't exploiting Mastodon. Yeah they were reluctant to release the source and I don't think they contribute to Mastodon development. But they do run a free server that could contribute to spread the cost to maintain the system. (Assuming they can keep doing that.) The resistance to GNU/Linux comes from the term being annoying to say/write. Lego insists that it is Lego bricks not Legos but people use the shorter one. Also the blatant attempt to jump on the success of Linux annoyed people. Why didn't they argue this from day one? Why didn't they argue it with BSD? Unless you are a developer, a Linux user may not interact with any GNU program. Why shouldn't it be Gnome/X11/Linux or KDE/Linux? Interestingly most people do not refer to Android phones as Linux systems. While you might argue it is because they don't know it runs Linux. I think the knowledgeable don't because they understand that Linux encompasses the standard tools/UI which Android throws out. Saying people who don't support Richard Stallman are ungrateful is flawed. I don't think I've ever heard a non-supporter say Richard Stallman did nothing. You can be grateful but also believe a person is flawed enough they should step back from public roles. Hollywood is probably the best example of people creating amazing content but the person behind has done bad things. Don't misunderstand and assume I'm equating Richard Stallman to some of the horrible people in Hollywood. I think it is perfectly reasonable to look past the controversies and say he is still a good representative for free software. I personally disagree but that is fine. Unfortunately I don't have any good suggestions on how to improve gratitude. -- Dennis Payne [email protected] https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
