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Why We Shouldn't Begrudge Commercial Open Source Companies
Thinkcloud writes with a followup to recent news that Mozilla is once again looking into a do-not-track mechanism after having previously killed a similar tool, allegedly under pressure from advertisers. Canonical COO Matt Asay wrote in The Register that this is not necessarily the case, nor is Mozilla's decision necessarily the wrong one. "It's quite possible — indeed, probable — that the best way for Mozilla to fulfill its mission is precisely to limit the openness of the web. At least a bit. Why? Because end-users aren't the only ones with rights and needs online, a point Luis Villa elegantly made years ago. It's not a one-way, free-for-all for end-users. Advertisers, developers and enterprises who employ end-users among others all factor into Mozilla's freedom calculus. Or should." OStatic adds commentary that "Like it or not, commercial open source companies are still companies, and the economics of the online world have everything to do with their present and their future.
MySQL tried similar thing
it gets worse. There was a richard stallman sex tape making the rounds 4-5 years ago, I think. (for the record, he's straight. or at least bi). It looked like it was from the 80s. Anyhow, point of the story is, he was eating out some chick's asshole (average looking by porn standards, very 80s, giant bush in need of trimming) and he stops, pulls out a chuck of shit/peanuts/corn/whatever, looks at it for a moment, pops it in his mouth, and chews. Then continues french kissing her asshole. Makes that video of him eating his toe jam seem normal in comparison.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Right to guaranteed flow of money into those people's pockets, and right to have power over other people are, without any doubt, among those God-given rights.
Fuck you and fuck your disgusting ideology.
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.