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| DATE | 2006-05-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux Journal
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On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 04:36:52PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> So would it make sense to graph these things, put a quotient of how
> ethical a project is on one axis and a quotient of how practical it is
> on another. Should the goal then be to maximize the amount of
> practicality and ethicality at once, or sacrifice one for the sake of
> increasing the other?
>
> Taking the long view makes this issue clearer. Suppose today we have
> a choice between program A that is convenient and proprietary, and
> program B that is free but not very powerful and reliable. What we
> want is software that is convenient and respects our freedom. How can
> we get that?
>
> We can get there starting from B if we work on it.
> We cannot get there at all starting from A.
> So the choice is clear: we have to start from B and improve it
> practically.
>
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