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[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

Rapael Morcha spake thusly:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:54:11PM -0400, Harold Hartley wrote:
>> Thomas PARIS wrote:
>>> On Sun Oct 14 at 04:20 (-0400), Justin Gruenberg wrote:
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> ........................
> 
>> I just want to say that if there is a linux app that is proprietory and 
>> runs well on linux, big deal.
>> I run some proprietory apps on my linux box too, but its made for linux. 
>> Its not like I'm running a app for windows in wine, but as long as the 
>> app is made for linux.
> 
> Agreed. Doesn't have to be propreitary. Has to be free/libre (as in -free beer-. Now! :)

No, it doesn't have to be free/libre.

And beer isn't free (unless it's given to me - the same way someone 
might give me a copy of Microsoft Office as a gift...).



> 
>> It sounds like some people think that all linux apps have to be open 
>> source showing the source code. Well it doesn't have to as long as its 
>> made for linux is the main thing. The more apps made to run on linux the 
> 
> Agreed. Has to be free/libre. BTW, who are -some- people? If it's made for Linux, and doesn't provide source, what good is it?

What good is it?  Most of us could care less about the source code for 
an app.  I've got hundreds of free software apps running on my box and 
I've needed the source code for maybe 5-6 of them at the most.

> 
>> better wether its open source or proprietory.
>> Thats just my 2 cent.
> 
> Just my 3 cent.
> 
> TBH, every user has different degree of requirements. If you are a home user, you'd obviously would want Linux software to be bug-free and free/libre _with_ source code and have GPL-like license so that if you can hack the guts of the source, you could do so with full freedom.

Since when does a user also have to be a hacker?



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