On 1/9/08 12:54 AM, Eric Furman wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:31:20 -0500, "Richard Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
Since plants can be easily replicated, why are we buying food from
farmers?
I'm not against buying software from developers (as long as it is free
software). See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.
This is one of the most retarded things I've ever read.
You might get one wanker to pay for it, but if it comes
in non-binary with all the source what's to stop them
from posting it on the internet and everybody else
getting it for free?
You got the point, Richard doesn't respect creators. He wants every programmer
to go through life as beggar like he does himself. Giving in that that's
impossible, that you cannot raise children that way doesn't matter to him.
Following Richard Stallman's theories everyone may make money with his
creation/work except a programmer. Richard Stallman /says/ a programmer may
earn money 1 time and than the code should be free after that.
Why he says so is clueless, he clearly cannot explain how a programmer should
make money if it's about a lot of work that is just a little feature for a lot
of people, such a programmer should go around and ask a milion users a cent
before he lets them test the code. Because the moment he let other people test
it, the code should be for grabs too. Richard want's such a programmer to spam
the world about a little feature to get money for it.
This man has no respect for programmers, clearly doesn't understand why money
was invented and how a market can be a very reasonable way to let people earn
money.
+++chefren
