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| DATE | 2006-05-22 |
| FROM | Richard Stallman
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux
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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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