I think you are both correct. In Stallman's world a user is usually a programmer.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Fargusson.Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Anyone Nagios? > > > Jay, you didn't say why you think that RMS is not for freedom for = > programmers. Am I correct in assuming that you think > programmers want = > to keep their source code secret? > > It this is the case, I think you are wrong. In my experience > it is the = > management of corporations that want to keep the source code secret, = > while the programmers want to give it away. > > If you read the book "Free as in freedom" you will see that RMS has = > taken such a hard line on the GPL is that he wants > programmers to have = > freedom. To RMS this means that no software should be secret. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Maynard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 6:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Anyone Nagios? > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:40:53PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote: > > Free as in 'Freedom' or 'Free beer'. The former is more > important for = > me! > > Careful about raising this argument...it marks you as a > Stallmanite, and > there are lots of us who think he's an unmitigated kook. In > particular, > Stallamn believes in freedom for users, but not programmers. >
