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.