[Trisquel-users] Re : Chris from TP is a hypocrite

[magicbanana]

To me, this practice is the hardware equivalent to dual-licensing  
free/proprietary in the software world. I have never really seen an ethical  
problem with dual-licensing and I do not see any with hardware either. In  
both cases, the user is proposed solutions that fully respects her freedoms  
and, even if, for some lack of awareness, she chooses proprietary software,  
she can, at any moment, easily switch to the free solution (in the case of  
ThinkPenguin: all devices are optimal choices for a 100% free GNU/Linux  
system). If, from a business point of view, that brings more money to free  
software-friendly companies, this is all good. In the software, it does not  
seem to work well: dual licensing is less and less common. It seems to work  
better with hardware. :-)