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Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free
Slatterz writes "Among the theories Stallman bandies about in this Q&A are: Facebook may not share private data with the CIA, Firefox isn't really 'free software,' and his dreams of a day where nobody is involved in developing or promoting proprietary software. Agree or disagree?"
You could offer a homeless man on the street a free sandwich, and if he had to walk a block to get it, Stallman wouldn't think it was free.
I see the glass as full with a FoS of 2.
I Just Took A Huge Shit. It was free!
Good for you buddy. I keep trying, but can only release vaporware.
I'll need to get some prune juice, it's the latest 'open sauce'.
You could offer a homeless man on the street a free sandwich, and if he had to walk a block to get it, Stallman wouldn't think it was free.
He'd also have to make it himself, and not use any sauce with a logo on the bottle.
Not only that, but anyone who eats the FREE shit will likewise produce more FREE shit. And if you happen to have a virus, like hepatitis or AIDS, it will be passed along as well.
I think the FSF should change the GNU logo. Sure, a big smelly cow-like animal with unkempt hair and dingleberries hanging from it's asshole represents most FREE SOFTWARE programmers, but a steaming turd represents the ideals (and implementation!) of FREE SOFTWARE
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
If Stallman says he isn't sure whether or not Firefox is free software, I'll just play it safe and surf the web with HURD.
As long as you don't prevent the homeless man from analyzing the sandwich, copying it, and giving it (or copies of it) away without making the recipients walk a block to get it, Stallman would probably say it's Free.
No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.
Agree or disagree?
Yes.
TuxRacer is good enough for everyone, even business executives.
It's understandable, the keys is all right next to each other.
I have no personal evidence that he is currently free, thus he falls into the same category for me as Firefox does for him.
More disturbing (from TFA)...
I wonder which of these is true:
Have you seen the new facebook UI? I can't find my own info!
Trust me, if I was karma whoring, I'd be doing it for the lulz in this particular instance. And whilst it's true that the best comedy is fact presented without the veneer of contextualised bullshit, I really hadn't planned that far ahead in this case.
You can ask that the guy walk to pick up his sandwich. That's reasonable. You just have to let him know where the sandwich stand is, not prevent him from eating other sandwiches when he eats your sandwiches, and allow him to modify the sandwich including using different sauces and garnishes, bread, cheese, meat and spices, then copy and distribute the modified sandwiches without restriction as long as the sandwich is distributed under a compatible sandwich license.
Some of the terms of other sandwich licenses:
LGPL - same as GPL except specific exception, the sandwich may be combined as a platter with non LGPL side dishes such as fries or perhaps a salad.
BSD (three clause) - the ingredients must be packed with the license warning, the sandwich must be packed with the license warning, you cannot claim your sandwich is endorsed by any individual or organization without prior approval.
Artistic v2 - please note what ingredients were changed from the standard sandwich to produce the modified sandwich.
X11 (MIT) - do whatever you want, it's not our fault if you kill yourself.
Additionally, he'd insist on attaching the sandwich's recipe to the sandwich, with a note saying that others who followed this recipe to make their own sandwich who did not do likewise were going to burn in hell.
Furthermore, he wouldn't use a 'black bottle' of sauce, instead, he'd insist on making the sauce himself from raw ingredients, even if the homemade sauce didn't taste anywhere near as good as the sauce in the black bottle.
Finally, he'd insist on calling it a GNU/Sandwich.
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Not making money by supporting their software would be the easy hit there...
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How do you find anyone to agree with if everyone has this keyboard?
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Well, you would get attacked by a bunch of bozos on Slashdot...
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And though I think Stallman is a marxist nut, I'll invite him over for free sandwiches. He can even bring a homeless guy.
How would you tell them apart?
> There will be people who want to keep credit for their work, people who want to make money off of their work, and they do not want to make money supporting their software.
Each and everyone of the above is possible with Free software too.
Just not simultaneously.
or you could try the slashdot metaphor sandwich , its tough and chewy , mostly tastless apart from the odd grain of truth and guaranteed to generate an near fatal excess of bile.
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