[NTLUG:Discuss] RMS's Speach

[Buddy Brannan]

I also thoroughly enjoyed it. While he certainly has compelling arguments
for free software (not to mention that he's entertaining), I must say that
in practice, I don't think it's entirely practical--or for most people
*possible*--to run nothing but free (as in speech) software. I know I
cannot. However, I'd also say that, whenever I can, I do run free software,
but I, at least, am not smart enough to right free software replacements
for the things I must use that don't have free equivalents...or don't have
free equivalents that I can use, at any rate. Having said that though, and
saying that RMS is pretty radical and all that jazz, I'd also say that
freedom is a fine and worthy goal.

Actually, it crossed my mind to ask RMS about his opinion of something
like, say, OpenOffice's dual license, which is something i'm just having a
little trouble wrapping my little pea brain around...but I didn't think of
it until after I'd gotten home.

--Buddy (and Karl the wonder dawg)


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