Ubuntu is not free.

[Daniel Carrera]

On Sat, 2006-08-07 at 16:42 +0200, meets at free.fr wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:00:34 +0200
> Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> 
> > meets at free.fr schrieb:
> > > Then, Ubuntu is not free. And the users of free software want to
> > > stay free.
> > You didn't get the point - you're in *NO* position to speak
> > for "the users of free software".
> You may think that because a few people just said so. 

WHAT?  Do you understand what Alex said?  You have in *NO* position to
speak for "the users of free software". You have no right to speak for
them. We didn't elect you. I don't even know who the heck you are.

> But it appears I
> did co-write a book for Ubuntu beginners last year,

Do you think that writing a book about Ubuntu gives you the right to
speak for all free software users? I co-wrote 5 books on OpenOffice.org.
So now I can speak for you?


> I explained basic things about hardware, according to the researches I
> had done,

That's fantastic. But you have NO RIGHT to speak for all free software
users.

> We are three co-authors, and these 6 months work of my part is one of my
> contributions.

I spent several years working on the books I co-wrote. So what?

> It's not for the money, it brings peanuts.

My books are free, under the GPL and Creative Commons Attribution
license. I did not get a single dollar from them. So what?


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  unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself.
  Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men."
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