On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 22:40:57 PM -0500, M Harris (harrismh777@earthlink.net) wrote:
On Monday 16 October 2006 22:34, M. Fioretti wrote:
The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73
Because, of course, you have the only *right* way to discuss freedom, and
my signature doesn't certainly say this
only *your* freedom is worth passing on to our kids....?
or this, either. The one who believes that only *his* freedom (as far as software is concerned) is worth passing to our kids is Stallman, not me. I surely don't think that mine is the only way to *discuss* these issues, etc... With all respect, this reaction seems another case of taking what enters one's mailbox as an occasion to express surely justified anger... about something else. What my signature says and means is simply: 1) we can blab all we want here on FOSS lists about how superior Free standards and software are, how much Stallman is great and got everything right etc... but the reality is that 95% of the world doesn't know us or FOSS yet and couldn't care less, because NONE OF THE OLD GNU / FSF ARGUMENTS MEAN ANYTHING AT ALL FOR THEM. This is a FACT. If you still need any proof for it, go in the street or outside a restaurant or theater and ask the first 100 people you meet if they love and want to protect their freedom to change Linux's source code or what they think of IP, software patents, GPL... And without the support of those people FOSS cannot win. 2) Yes, I *do* believe that my approach *is* much better to reach all those people so, at least, they finally become *aware* of the actual issues and can make *informed* decisions when they buy or vote. REGARDLESS of what they decide. I believe this is greatly different from saying that only *my* freedom is worth passing etc.. I have already explained all this in great detail in the "Opinions" section of the website. If you still want to discuss my views, I'm all yours, but let's do it off list, please, before other subscribers rightly complain. Ciao, Marco -- The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73