Haha :)
> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:34:03 -0800 > From: Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Every Android device you buy... helps > Microsoft make money on Patents > To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > > Where do you see it not being free? I think you have many misconceptions, > sometimes linux bigotry works both ways. > > 1 - the OS is free > Well, free.... but is it free as in FREEDOM???!?!?! > 2 - the only licensed portions are the market and google specific apps > (gtalk, gmail) which Google never intended to be free > Do you mean the PROPRIETARY PARTS like Gmail, Talk, Maps, Market, YouTube, etc etc? Oh, God forbid such filth touching. Might as well take them out. I am sure that without those mentioned "minor" components people (normal - not hobbyist or zealots) would still buy an Android Phone. > 3 - all the source code has been released > > Except for the PROPRIETARY parts, of course. But please, do not try to do something useful like creating your own distribution for free for others. You may end up with a cease and desist letter from Google. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/25/google_android_take_down_demand/ > So how is it not free? > Because it is not free as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoyUT5p6MYQ > > So let me ask you, ARE YOU SERIOUS? No? Shut your mouth... > Oh, OK. So semi-serious, I will semi-shut my mouth :) > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mark Holmquist <marktrac...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > you guys should just shut your mouths > > > > Dino, are you serious? We use GNU/Linux because it's free, and we > > don't use Android because it isn't free. Do you also want people who > > extoll about Microsoft's products not being free to shut their mouths? > > No, of course not, because you've at least understood that they are > > doing the wrong thing. Freedom is a lot more important than fanboyism, > > as you'll soon learn after graduating from junior high and learning > > more about free software. > > > > -- > > Mark Holmquist > > marktrac...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://socallinux.org/pipermail/linuxusers/attachments/20111121/c615a0b1/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:52:28 -0600 > From: Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Every Android device you buy... helps > Microsoft make money on Patents > To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > Message-ID: > <caeprvydnhr5mpoukggizlafzno9o3qdvhzxrkdybqrk_7j8...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > "So let me ask you, ARE YOU SERIOUS? No? Shut your mouth..." > > lol > > "Where do you see it not being free?" > > When I think free I think of the GPL. Everything else is free-ish... > > Chris... > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> wrote: > > Where do you see it not being free?? I think you have many > misconceptions, > > sometimes linux bigotry works both ways. > > > > > 1 - the OS is free > > 2 - the only licensed portions are the market and google specific apps > > (gtalk, gmail) which Google never intended to be free > > 3 - all the source code has been released > > > > So how is it not free? > > > > So let me ask you, ARE YOU SERIOUS? No? Shut your mouth... > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mark Holmquist <marktrac...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> > you guys should just shut your mouths > >> > >> Dino, are you serious? We use GNU/Linux because it's free, and we > >> don't use Android because it isn't free. Do you also want people who > >> extoll about Microsoft's products not being free to shut their mouths? > >> No, of course not, because you've at least understood that they are > >> doing the wrong thing. Freedom is a lot more important than fanboyism, > >> as you'll soon learn after graduating from junior high and learning > >> more about free software. > >> > >> -- > >> Mark Holmquist > >> marktrac...@gmail.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > ?-Roger Penrose > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > End of LinuxUsers Digest, Vol 53, Issue 14 > ****************************************** >
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