That's only true for the subset of freedoms endorsed by Mr Stallman. The BSD license enables additional freedoms that fit into things people may want to do with software that is specifically prohibited by the various GPLs.
In other words, please save your religions arguments for a forum that isn't likely to be populated with people who can see straight through your bullshit.
The fact that I have to explain this to you really illustrates the frustration of this whole gun control debate
Well, to be completely fair, your type appears to always be frustrated over the fact that your clearly superior opinions aren't taken as objective fact by everyone.
It must be terribly difficult to be so obviously correct all of the time and still not actually be the person anyone listens to. The horror! The horror!
You missed the subtext. I'll rewrite the question for you.
Dear Slashdot, Clearly, my opinions on matters are objectively superior to the opinions of the stupid sheeple, but I can't get them to acknowledge that. In your great social wisdom, what techniques have you developed to let these idiots understand my elite intellect shadows theirs?
Exactly. We all know jobs are made by the government using a confiscatory tax policy to drive the economy in the way they see fit. All hail the overlords.
Once you've equated something stupidly to murder, you're decided to preach to your choir. You don't actually have a point with that analogy in any way, unless you can somehow demonstrate that depriving a person of their life even approaches the "horror" of you not being entertained on your terms.
Maybe those people should get it through their head that they shouldn't pump out so many new, useless humans. I certainly feel no obligation to subsidize their stupid desire to procreate recklessly.
I know! I want my RAM to sit idle while I interact with my computer like it's 1978. I don't who these kids think they are, expecting their computers to do things.
What I have to wonder is how far do you have to twist the concept of morality to defend people who have profited to the tune of many, many millions of dollars from piracy? Does "sticking it to the man" forgive all?
Fuck you and your presumptions, and fuck you Slashdot for ratifying them.
Labeling people denialists indicates you've made it a religion of your own, as you assholes are wont to do, and I don't care how morally correct your dogma is, I don't have to share it.
China's economy is based entirely on providing slave labor for export and keeping any leftover people busy with work no one needs done. Not exactly the basis of a superpower.
I think this thread has been extremely useful to me. It's fun to learn all the little delusions you elitists use to comfort yourselves. Helps me spot your type during interviews so my company can remain uninfected with your bullshit.
If they bring in the money... yes. A product no one buys is worth exactly zero. You may not like that fact, but please feel free to find a logical reason it's not true.
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I have an even cheaper solution! Don't rely on mommy gov't to make all of your decisions for you.
I'm aware that's not an acceptable answer here. You people love being told how to live.
That's only true for the subset of freedoms endorsed by Mr Stallman. The BSD license enables additional freedoms that fit into things people may want to do with software that is specifically prohibited by the various GPLs.
In other words, please save your religions arguments for a forum that isn't likely to be populated with people who can see straight through your bullshit.
The fact that I have to explain this to you really illustrates the frustration of this whole gun control debate
Well, to be completely fair, your type appears to always be frustrated over the fact that your clearly superior opinions aren't taken as objective fact by everyone.
It must be terribly difficult to be so obviously correct all of the time and still not actually be the person anyone listens to. The horror! The horror!
Until the other options improve on that, they're just a waste of investment.
So I'm guessing you don't get investment
You missed the subtext. I'll rewrite the question for you.
Dear Slashdot,
Clearly, my opinions on matters are objectively superior to the opinions of the stupid sheeple, but I can't get them to acknowledge that. In your great social wisdom, what techniques have you developed to let these idiots understand my elite intellect shadows theirs?
Exactly. We all know jobs are made by the government using a confiscatory tax policy to drive the economy in the way they see fit. All hail the overlords.
The dissonance between your sig and the thought expressed in your post is interesting
Awesome, because nothing is more important than ensuring our supply of free entertainment continues.
Oh, I'm sorry, I mean dissident thought. Yeah, totally. Not first-run movies and PS3 game images at all. This is about freedom.
Once you've equated something stupidly to murder, you're decided to preach to your choir. You don't actually have a point with that analogy in any way, unless you can somehow demonstrate that depriving a person of their life even approaches the "horror" of you not being entertained on your terms.
“There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.”
S.M. Stirling
There is probably nothing in the world funnier than gamenerds getting snippy about which subtype of gamenerd is superior.
Maybe those people should get it through their head that they shouldn't pump out so many new, useless humans. I certainly feel no obligation to subsidize their stupid desire to procreate recklessly.
Self-haters abound on Slashdot. It would make me laugh if it weren't so sad.
I know! I want my RAM to sit idle while I interact with my computer like it's 1978. I don't who these kids think they are, expecting their computers to do things.
What I have to wonder is how far do you have to twist the concept of morality to defend people who have profited to the tune of many, many millions of dollars from piracy? Does "sticking it to the man" forgive all?
You're not entitled to the life you want, no matter how many slogans about "the 1%" you believe.
Fuck you and your presumptions, and fuck you Slashdot for ratifying them.
Labeling people denialists indicates you've made it a religion of your own, as you assholes are wont to do, and I don't care how morally correct your dogma is, I don't have to share it.
"Of course I shit in the well, but it's not my fault the water tastes funny..."
China's economy is based entirely on providing slave labor for export and keeping any leftover people busy with work no one needs done. Not exactly the basis of a superpower.
I think this thread has been extremely useful to me. It's fun to learn all the little delusions you elitists use to comfort yourselves. Helps me spot your type during interviews so my company can remain uninfected with your bullshit.
(they've since replaced it with closed proprietary shit)
Let's not lie.
Hey, some people still wear polyester bellbottoms and have giant bushes. Doesn't make 'em anything but awful.
Talk about your quixotic quests.
You could make a better use of your time trying to get these people to shower.
This sort of LSD-laden bullshit is why the hippies accomplished a three-day music festival, new lows in hygiene, and nothing else.
If they bring in the money... yes. A product no one buys is worth exactly zero. You may not like that fact, but please feel free to find a logical reason it's not true.