On Friday 12 January 2007 23:29, Sachin G Nambiar wrote:
I understand that if the license allows it it's fine,but my contention is it's still free software even if it's not freely distributable, because i allow you (as a maker) to use it in anyway you wish to change it in anyway you wish and but don't give it away for free (as in beer) just because i allow you to do anything with it for your own use.
Quoting from Citizen Kane:
"You talk about the people as though you own them, as though they belong to you! Goodness! As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving the people their rights.. As if you can make them a present of liberty, as a reward for services rendered. Remember the working man? (...) You used to write an awful lot about the working man... It's turning into something called 'organised labour'. You're not gonna like that one little bit when you find out that your working man expects something as HIS right, not as your gift! When your precious underprivileged really get together... Oh boy! That's gonna add up to something bigger than your privileges and I don't know what you'll do!"
Does that tell you something about FOSS? Its power to the USER.