On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:31:57 +0800, Guang Chao wrote: >no one is paid Hi,
JFTR "free" is for "libre", not for "gratis". "Liberty" is not a state, it's a process. A process that requires sense of responsibility, the will to participate. Actually intellectually disabled people might not have this sense of responsibility, the ability to participate. In this case they aren't removed from Linux communities, but ... it's the same for everything in life. If somebody hasn't got the ability to drive a car, she needs to use public transport. If she even hasn't got the ability to do this, she needs somebody to look after her. Linux is a "car", neither public transport, nor a vehicle with a carer. Apple and Microsoft operating systems are called "restricted" operating systems, they are "barred child's beds". Usually adults don't sleep in "barred child's beds" anymore. Don't confuse user-friendliness with childproof. Don't confuse "free" with "gratis". Apart from this, closed source not necessarily is what's meant by "restriction" of a proprietary operating system. It describes a kind of "user-friendliness" that could be called "childproof". If it takes too much time to learn how to use forks and knives, how to drive a car, you need to eat without using forks and knives, without driving a car. It's the same for every domain of freedom, even for an operating system. Please, don't always compare Linux with proprietary operating systems and don't ask to make Linux more user-friendly by actually asking for more restrictions. Regards, Ralf -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
