Re: [Fsuk-manchester] RMS on Swedish Pirate Party vs Free Software

[Tim Dobson]

Pater Mann wrote:
> THe FSF may be deem it heresy to say
> so and I certainly do not wish to be seen as a troll, especially in my
> first post to this list, but if I as a company or an individual have
> spent a lot of time and money developing a piece of software, why
> should I then be forced to simply give it away? I can see no moral or
> ethical imperative for doing so.

Welcome to the list!

Don't be afraid to present differing points of view :) - this is what 
interesting discussion stems from and one of the reasons this mailing 
list exists!

If everyone goes around agreeing with each other in their own microcosm 
of society, they can sometimes start to forget exactly why these things 
matter so discussion like this is really valuable - sometimes one does 
get moments where one thinks "umm, yeah I can see his point there".

Anyway, it'd be nice to see you at a meeting sometime if you are in the 
manchester area, please don't be afraid of coming over and saying "hi"! :)

Tim