RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

[Chris Johnston]

Yes I do believe people don't respect ROOT MEAN SQUARE?

Please explain RMS


On 8/25/06, chinaski <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
>
> hello,
>
> first of all I'd like to say I respect everybody's opinion, of course
>
> I've been reading the whole thread and was at first confused: a -little
> compromise- for the sake of spreading Ubuntu... good or bad?
>
> but then I step into this:
> >   Because Free Software is very often attractive for purely practical
> > reasons, we have collected tens of millions of users who choose Free
> > Software purely for practical benefits and do not appreciate the
> > freedom that we have given them.
> >
> > These are the kind of people that *assume that you should choose
> > between Free Software and proprietary software based on practical
> > convenience*, which is another way of saying that they value freedom at
> > zero. How sad. How can freedom ever be safe, when people don't
> > appreciate it. People have had to fight for freedom, over and over.
> >
> > And when people do not value their freedom, they are very likely to
> > lose it. But that's the fact. Most of our community does not appreciate
> > freedom.
> > RMS
> > http://tinyurl.com/ngbg9
> >  wow!
>
> ok, I am not saying that anyone accepting non_free_sofware included in
> Ubuntu is likely to lose, irrespectful or free software and so on. not
> at all. I believe the fredoom of having an opinion and express stays
> before "freedom 0" ;)
>
> but personally I totally agree with RMS: 100% or nothing.
>
> thank you for your attention, and pls excuse me if I sound arrogant or
> out of place posting here
>
> pls also excuse me for my poor english :)
>
>
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