Moshe Zadka wrote:
>If it does go on the IGLU site, I'd like to reiterate my reservation about
>putting a small note that these are only the author's opinions -- I, for
>one, would not like to be associate with the phrase "if you decide
>to buy an expensive OS...or worse, copy it illegally" (let me suggest --
>"if you decide copying a software from a friend who shares it with you
>or worse, paying money to a software hoarder [Oger Tokhna] for it")
>
>If we make sharing sound like a virtue, people will realize being made
>criminals when they do it is immoral and rebel. Let us try adopting
>the views of the non-free world, especially while we struggle with it
>for the hearts and minds of the masses.
>
>
>
I, OTOH , thinks that the article (besides being a very good
introduction to the concept of open source) does not make it clear
enough that 'commercial' software must never be copied w/o the explicit
premission of the copyright holder. except for the last paragraph the
article expands on the virtues of sharing software with friends, w/o
making a clear enough distinction that we are not talking about
commercial software at all. it might not seem that way at first - but
ask a person who's not familiar with the fine concepts of software, what
we like to call "computer illitirate" and you'll see what I mean.
Moshe's suggestion makes it even worse : If you portray the commercial
software companies as evil, you make it sound more righteous to illegaly
copy the software they create.
--
Oded
::..
"There are only two tradgies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other
is getting it."
-- Oscar Wilde
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