Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-17 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 03:05:04PM -0800, mike3 wrote: QUOTE: Stallman does not care about business. But others do. Open Source has been one way to sell corporations their own downfall in a veiled manner. It has taken a brutal but effective toll on stock market and the corporations. Free

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-17 Thread mike3
On Jan 17, 2:37 am, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Both. Firstly he doesn't speak for the FSF or Stallman, secondly, Stallman has been found to say charge as much as you can for Free Software services (this is not a direct quote, but the meaning is there). What

Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
Hi. I noticed this old post here: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?dmode=source QUOTE: Stallman does not care about business. But others do. Open Source has been one way to sell corporations their own downfall in a veiled manner. It has taken a brutal but

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed this old post here: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?dmode=source QUOTE: Stallman does not care about business. But others do. Open Source has been one way to sell corporations their own downfall in a veiled

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed this old post here: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?... QUOTE: Stallman does not care about business.  But others do.  Open Source has been one way

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed this old post here: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?... QUOTE: Stallman does not care about business.  But others

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 16, 4:12 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed this old post here: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/243e191086e80bef?...

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread David Kastrup
mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again: I don't set the goals for free software, so it is nonsensical to assign any relevance to any interpretation of my musings. They are food for thought, nothing else. I didn't say you did set

Re: Is it a goal of the Free software movement to destroy easy sources of income?

2008-01-16 Thread mike3
On Jan 16, 5:03 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 16, 4:37 pm, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again: I don't set the goals for free software, so it is nonsensical to assign any relevance to any interpretation of my musings. They