[OT] Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new

Hacksaw (hacksaw@hacksaw.org)
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 01:26:20 -0400


>It is NOT the same as claiming a criminal/immoral/unethical act - you
>still want me to produce software - you just want me to do it for free.

I think RMS has made this clear a number of times. He doesn't expect
programmers to produce software for free, he expects them to produce software
that the end user can easily modify for their own applications, without legal
or technical hassles.

He's happy for them to be paid for this work.

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