Richard Stallman on Bill Gates: "It's not the Gates, it's the bars"

Post by Herring » Sat, Jul 05, 2008, 8:34 AM UTC

swivelmaster wrote: post #67

gwniobombux wrote: post #10

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Why? Could you elaborate? Just like Stallman actually explains, why he thinks proprietary software wrong.

Sorry, I started to write a more details explanation of my position last night but was interrupted and closed the browser. Stallman is suggesting that software should be free because people shouldn't have to pay for it, and so that anyone can modify it. In theory that sounds great, but the truth is that capitalism has driven most of the software that actually enhances the lives of the majority of people who have comp…

Post by swivelmaster » Sat, Jul 05, 2008, 6:20 PM UTC

bayareaguy wrote: post #70

swivelmaster wrote: post #65

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It's not a question of ethics. It's capitalism. It's not like buying the software hurts anybody, you're just spending money. You could make the same arguments about a lot of things, including the US auto industry, Nintendo, and Hollywood. Hollywood films were imposed upon European countries after WW2 as a way to spread American ideas and culture, and it's partially because of that that Hollywood has been able to get…

In any form, taxation without representation is tyranny.