Gnopernicus

[Gregory Nowak]

How does pine fit into all this?
It seems to be free to distribute, but not free to modify.
Greg


On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:38:23PM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> here here!
> I couldn't agree more.
> Just because it's free software doesn't mean it's "FREE" as in no money, 
> it simply means that anyone can change it and redistribute it as is
> their want. providing of course thsy abide by the conditions of the gpl
> or in the case of howtows the lpd.
> I would gladly pay some $ for a screen reader that would work on the
> x-windows environment and before speakup I would've gladly paid some $
> for a good screen review package.
> I never played with linux for a variety of reasons. the first of which
> is that I didn't know it existed until a few years ago and even then I
> wasn't aware of the existance of speakup..
> those are my thoughts I welcome anyone elses. <grin>
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2001,
> Frank
> Carmickle wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Thomas Ward wrote:
> > 
> > > That's why I think all of us want to use Linux. If it is free that means
> > > more money to spend else-where.
> > 
> > No! No! No!  Your missing the point completely!  It's not about the
> > $$$.  It's about freedom!  The freedom to know what your computer is
> > doing.  The freedom to change software to make it do what you want it
> > to.  The freedom to allow others to have that same freedom that you
> > do.  And yes if you want to charge for it you can.  I would pay and have
> > payed big $$$ to have people write freesoftware.  I would rather put food
> > on the table of someone who will contribute lots of code to
> > freesoftware.  They need to eat too.
> > 
> > > This free software thinking will eventually bring down the major
> > > corperations in the long run, because they won't be able to hang on to all
> > > the customers. However, it will be in favor of the lower classes, because
> > > those like Microsoft have kept technology at arms length from those who
> > > couldn't afford it, and sold it to companies and anyone who would shell out
> > > the cash.
> > 
> > Maybe so.  But this isn't why I like freesoftware.
> > 
> > 
> 
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