On Tue, 2006-21-02 at 20:36 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote: > On Tuesday 21 Feb 2006 20:12, Dave Robillard wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-21-02 at 15:05 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote: > > > If my free software work puts a company or its developers out of > > > work, then that's a problem for my conscience. It's not a victory > > > for free software. > > > > Yes it is. > > No, the fact of people having been put out of work is not itself a > victory for anyone.
Straw man. I never said it was an overall win, just a win for free software. A proprietary program being replaced by a free one is obviously a "win for free software". (Whether it's a good thing overall is a different matter (of opinion)) -DR-
