Non FOSS and Fedora

[Travis Riddle]

This is a Fedora list, not your personal list for persuing your noble
quest.  Take it elsewhere.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rui Miguel Seabra
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:35 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Non FOSS and Fedora
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 17:23, Paul Thomas wrote:
> > On 12/01/2004 10:16 Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > than their Free Software counterparts, but remember that non-Free 
> > > software brings a social cost that is very bad: social division 
> > > between those who can and those who can't.
> > 
> > As does non-free hardware, housing, food, clothing, medical costs,
> > education. In a world where many millions of people don't 
> have enough food 
> > to survive, your commentary seems to me to be rather childish.
> 
> Please explain, in paper-like detail, how is something that 
> is replicated at zero cost (digital content, namely software) 
> equal to something that has real replication costs (hardware, 
> housing, food, clothing, medical treatment, education, etc...).
> 
> When the replication cost is nil and thus the good is 
> technically accessible to the whole population, isn't it evil 
> to create an artificial division? What if instead of the 
> digital world it was food we were talking about... imagine 
> Food Replicators, converting garbage or Fudge into food, 
> would you be in favor of "Recipe Licenses" or the end of hunger?
> 
> Non-Free software creates social division between those who 
> can and those who can't solely by an *artificial*monopoly* 
> power granted by the government.
> 
> Remove the artificial monopoly bad effects (ie, using Free 
> Software) and there is no division that is artificially created.
> 
> Hardware, housing, food, clothing, medical treatment, 
> education, etc... they all have real costs since there are 
> yet no Star Trek replicator machines, the division between 
> those who can and those who can't is very real, and not 
> created by artificial means.
> 
> Free Software ends the "knowledge hunger" on software.
> 
> Rui
> 
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> Whatever you 
> + do will be insignificant,
> | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
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