code_martial(at)softhome.net wrote On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:17:38 +0500 (IST) quasar(at)vsnl.net wrote:
thought exist together? The proprietary software paradigm is what we do not like. But by us not liking it does not make it evil or wrong. Then where does the question of war come from? Or like the
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I would also urge you to do it sometimes - has plesent side effects.
DRM, DMCA, Palladium, Trusted Computing. Those are all the angelic gifts of Proprietary Software. And they sure are most willing to co-exist with Free Software Philosophy.
The above mentioned are certainly /not/ direct gifts of Proprietary Software. They are completely seperate issues which are related to the Software-Hardware brotherhood. Proprietarty Soft does and can exist with the Free Software. BTW the FS Philosophy does not exist to negate the evil PSP. It exists because of a different approach to life by some people. And you Dear Microsoft is a non-issue here.
Hopefully the LUG meet is on this Sunday the 10th were we can discuss these issues. I am looking forward to it.