Loving Ubuntu Linux

[Michael Haney]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Anthony Papillion <papillion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> While I don't know for sure if you were responding to my message
>> specifically, the only reason I brought up free vs proprietary was not
>> because I was taking issue with Ubuntu not being totally free but rather
>> taking issue with CALLING Ubuntu free (which it isn't). Whether that is
>> good or bad is up for debate.
>>
>> Anthony
>
> I find myself getting confused here about what kind of "free" we are
> talking about - and which we want. There is free as in free speech and
> free as in free beer (and free as in free love and perhaps a few other
> frees too). FOSS claims to be free as in free speech and I, along with
> many others, think that is a wonderful idea. But there is also
> software that is free as in free beer but which is not open source and
> I can understand why some companies (and individuals) would want to do
> that although I would rather they didn't. But it does not mean that
> they are good and ethical people or that their software is in any way
> inferior. (Pegasus mail and Irfanview anyone?)
>
> No, the whole of Ubuntu is not free because it contains some
> proprietary software which is not open source. But, if I don't have to
> pay for it, it is free enough for me to carry on with.
>

I don't want to sound harsh but there's no way around it.  This is
something that needs to be said.

The FOSS Movement has become another Religion.  Like other Religions
it teaches Separation, to stay away from those who don't conform to a
certain set standard, and in this case being any Linux distro that
doesn't contain 100% free non-proprietary open source software.  Any
proprietary anything (free or not) and you are IMPURE and its HERESY
to call yourself FREE!!!

That is what the FOSS Movement has become, a new Religion.

Just like other Religions its having a very negative and destructive
effect.  In this case, the ridiculous antics and actions of the FOSS
Movement is having a harmful effect on the image of the Open Source
Community as a whole.  It needs to stop.  Nothing good has ever come
from Religion, just read your history books if you want proof.

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