On Wednesday 04 October 2006 14:06, Vihan Pandey wrote: > Hi Mrugesh, > > I have a suggestion. FSF should stop being so hypocritic and start > using > > > a term like FOSS/Linux that signifies Freedom. By using GNU/Linux, > > you're stealing the credit from the likes of Xorg and KDE. If > > you're really concerned about freedom, start highlighting freedom, > > not your own name. > > The issue is that ``certain organisations/people" don't care and > don't want to care about how and why the Free Software movement > started, but use software nevertheless. In the process, that concept > and ideology for which everything that was initiated is lost. > > A good example is khadi. Any/Every one who wears khadi garments > mainly do it out of a fashion statement or its ``technical/material > benefits" in any weather. Nobody(or may be one in lakh) would really > say talk about how khadi came into being or what it stands for. > > Thus it becomes necessary to continue the activism to keep people > aware of the cause. Lest it be forgotten. > > Oh and before anyone starts a flame war, I am a fan of the GNU > > > philosophy. But that doesn't mean that I have to like or agree with > > everything that FSF or RMS say or do. > > i agree with you completely on the flame war bit AND that you have > very much a right to your opinion. But remember IF tomorrow that > `right' is taken away from you too will HAVE to take steps to get it > back and make sure it is NEVER revoked for you or anyone else.
Mate, this could turn into an endless hypothetical debate, because you won't abandon your view and I won't abandon mine, so I'm calling it quits. -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------
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