Hannu Savolainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Well, then they might have some expectation to be able to use it, no? >> Without the ability to adapt the software to different devices or >> applications, or fix errors (or pay someone to do that), the software >> is crippled in its usefulness. > Usually software companies take care of fixing the errors themselves. If > they fail to fix them then you have the right to get your money back.
Oh nonsense. Time to read those license agreements again, I guess. > Yes. If you don't want to pay anything for software your only choice > is to get some morally clean free sofware with no other > documentation than the source code. This works well if you are a > programmer and have enough spare time to find out how the source > code works. Who is talking about not paying? > However for large majority of computer users this free model doesn't > work at all. They simply don't have any capability to modify or even > understand the source code. In fact they don't even know what source > code means. Like the average consumer who has a circuit diagram in his appliance. The point is that this makes it possible to get it serviced by somebody knowledgable in the trade. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
