28 Nov
2008
28 Nov
'08
1:34 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Justin Dugger jldugger@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Luke Dashjr luke@dashjr.org wrote:
This is completely irrelevant to anyone who doesn't run proprietary
software,
which is the entire point of GNU/Linux.
No, the point is to write and run quality software; open source is the necessary condition to achieve those goals.
The entire point of "GNU" and "Free Software" is to be ABLE to run only non-proprietary software if one chooses. For those of a different ideological orientation, the above paragraph applies. It is a similar disagreement to the one Objectivists have with Libertarians.