Yes - RMS is absolutely pro Freedom. I guess the analagy to immigration then is that the world ought be a Free place and anyone ought to have the Freedom to travel and look under the hood of any society/culture/commnuity and contribute to it, just as they would a Free piece of software.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael JasonSmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 20 February 2004 12:42 p.m. > To: linux users > Subject: Re: gently flambe? - Re: Agencies... > > > On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 12:35, Peter Elliott wrote: > > well i don't think it requires any twisting at all - surely > openness(sp?) > > in software reflects a desire/belief in an open society/world? > Richard Stalman believes that Free Software is political. That is why > he disagrees with the Open Source movement, because it does not share > his political and philosophical outlook. It also explains why he has > clung onto the term "Free" despite all the confusion it has caused. > > Listening to him, I get the impression that he is more interested in > values, rather than process. > > -- > Michael JasonSmith > http://www.ldots.org/ > >
