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List:       gphoto-devel
Subject:    Re: [gphoto-devel] Re: Introduction and Comments
From:       Jon Winters <winters () obscurasite ! com>
Date:       2000-08-25 23:11:10
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Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
>     my only issue with this statement is the use of the word "ethical". it
>     just seems contradictory to call it ethical when we would effectively be
>     *forcing* other people to do something they wouldn't normally do.
> 
> Non-free software subjugates people; software privateers use copyright
> (and contracts) to impose restrictions on the users.  With the GPL, we
> use their own weapons to prevent this, to defend the users' freedom.
> 
> This is not just ethical, it is poetic justice.

I agree and I wish more folks did.  Unfortunately, their vision is
clouded by the almighty buck.

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