On 10/20/05, Fred A. Miller
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 12:20 pm, Steve Graegert wrote:
"Civil disobedience" was the first thing that came into my mind when this thread started. For the Open Source movement it is the only way to prevail over the growing influence of commercial interests that impede the spread of open standards an technologies. Peoples all over the world once fought for their freedom (some are still doing so) and nowadays we are fighting for our freedom to use the technology of our choice. Tthe latest software patents discussion has shown that there is a broad resistance against certain one-sided commercial interests and that individuals are ready to fight for their right. It's kinda a philosophical problem, but I believe there are barriers in the real world that can only be broken by civil disobedience in cyberspace.
Correct and that's where I'm at with it!
Good to read that someone has an opinion on that and is not just complaining and blames others, which doesn't change anything. \Steve