On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:09:30PM +0530, krishnakant Mane wrote:
dear aparna, I entirely agree with you but I just have an extention to this which slightly differs from your point of view. you say that people will realise the value of foss when they are made to pay for the non-free softwrae. right, well said! but why should people not pay for free software? I think free software must be charged quite well.
It is true that people can (and should) pay for services related to free software. I wanted to emphasise the fact that people do not have respect for copyright. So, using pirated software does not seem to affect their conscience.
Regards, Aparna.