You seem to be admitting that, when considering the implications of software licensing strategies with respect to practical and short term goals, there is an economic element to consider.
If users being free to cooperate and have control over their computer is a political decision, then what is the economic impact of this decision? Is the decision to give users full control of their machines not at the cost of the freedom of developers to have full control over their own production? -- G. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:africasource-l- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Stallman > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 10:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AfricaSource-L] Re: [PubSoft] An analysis of OSS thinking and > assumptions within the context of the African programmer > > The term "open source" is linked with certain assumptions about what > the goals are. Typically these goals are short-term and > practical--get specific jobs done with a computer--although people may > apply them regarding future jobs as well as today's jobs. > > Starting from these premises, statements such as :let the market > decide" could seem plausible. So I would first state my disagreement > with the premises. Instead of discussing "open source" thinking, I'd > rather start a discussion of "free software" thinking, based on > freedom as a goal. Whether users should be free to cooperate > and should have control over their computers is a political decision. > We should not leave this up to the market. > > _______________________________________________ > africasource-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.tacticaltech.org/mailman/listinfo/africasource-l --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
