Re: Can we have a debate?
Francesco Tapparo <ftapparo@ntt.it> wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:08:35PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
>> Some of us believe in the needs of our users. (Actually, I suspect most
>> or all of us do, whether we or they agree that non-free serves those
>> needs or not)
>
>I am not sure about that. Surely this is not true in my case: The Debian
>ojective come first, the Debian user after. I work for my cause, not for the
>cause of others,
Surely the objective is about users? Free software is about the freedom
of users; see, for instance, the GNU Manifesto. "I refuse to break
solidarity with other users in this way."
What is free software if it is written in a vacuum? Meaningless.
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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