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It's time we recognized the advantages of both
IMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in
both, and not to do silly things like pretend that
somehow software is a moral agent.

I can certainly see the advantage of software
being open source. It helps the educational
community, and gives tools to developers.

But, it also has its disadvantages. Many licenses
are in conflict with the idea of direct sales, and
you lose the ability to use many types of
open source as a tool if you decide to create
proprietary software. As much as it claims to open
up your options - the sad truth is, it'll
close many options if you don't follow it
like a religion.

Personally, I think the answer lies not in one
extreme or the other, but somewhere in the middle.
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It's time we recognized the advantages of both  CobraA1 | 10/08/09
Open Source is Moderate  jcschweitzer | 10/08/09
RMS is a collectivist, not an individualist  connor33 | 10/09/09
Actually RMS is a reactionary.  jcschweitzer | 10/09/09
Stallman describes his own license as left-wing  connor33 | 10/09/09
Stalin was right wing  jcschweitzer | 10/09/09
Stallman has his place  masonwheeler | 10/09/09
As a software developer and as a consumer of software  tracy anne | 10/09/09
One thing it takes away...  masonwheeler | 10/09/09
There is a simple solution to your dilemma  Ole Man | 10/10/09
Please actually read what I wrote  masonwheeler | 10/10/09
I was not attacking you, Mason  Ole Man | 10/10/09
Again, you miss the point  masonwheeler | 10/10/09
I'm NOT missing the point  Ole Man | 10/10/09
For one simple reason  masonwheeler | 10/10/09
Well I can cure that disease right now  Ole Man | 10/10/09
We have begun to influence Microsoft  The Mad Hatter | 10/08/09
... or you could just write better software  LBiege | 10/09/09
The Proper Place  JimSatterfieldW | 10/09/09
FSF and Stallman are a threat to open source  honeymonster | 10/09/09
You really don't know anything about Free Software  tracy anne | 10/09/09
Mister Perlow wants to save our souls ! happy  Joseph_Proudhon | 10/09/09
Icaza codes, RMS doesn't  connor33 | 10/09/09
You have no clue what Stallman achieved  JeremyAllison | 10/09/09
You overrate him  connor33 | 10/09/09
As I said before, you have no clue what he achieved.  JeremyAllison | 10/09/09
He's a modern Karl Marx that appeals to the anti-MS crowd  connor33 | 10/09/09
Do you understand that most LCD televisions  JeremyAllison | 10/09/09
Most professional software lacks a gpl equivalent  connor33 | 10/09/09
Re: Most professional software lacks a gpl equivalent  tracy anne | 10/09/09
To put it mildly...  zkiwi | 10/10/09
How old are you?  daengbo | 10/26/09
Which tools?  PorkPrick | 10/09/09
Hear! Hear!  kmashraf | 10/12/09
Cult leaders usually DO "go mad"  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Looks like you got Jason's goat  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Ideology: we need it  pjotr123 | 10/09/09
the hypocracy  homeblend | 10/09/09
Fedora Core is not adherent YET  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 10/09/09
Pick those nits!  Ole Man | 10/09/09
The real issue.  DevGuy_z | 10/09/09
Lucky for you (and me too)  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Software is a tool, if anyone has been brainwashed it is Stallman's cult  connor33 | 10/09/09
Software is a machine language  Ole Man | 10/09/09
A language fed into a machine so it can solve a problem  connor33 | 10/12/09
No, MY computer does not solve problems  Ole Man | 10/12/09
About time  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/09/09
Which corporation?  jcschweitzer | 10/09/09
Absolutely  IT_User | 10/09/09
Yes they do have some, sort of.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/09/09
Well, yeah, it is  IT_User | 10/09/09
So proprietary religion is fine?  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Never had someone tell me that open source software is evil  connor33 | 10/09/09
Ballmer himself called Linux a "cancer"  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Agreed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/09
Not at all, use what works  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/09
PJ, iPhone Jailbreaking, and Double Standards  Anonymous Insider | 10/09/09
Some principles are not fundamentalism  rarsa | 10/09/09
Very nicely put, sir  balaknair | 10/09/09
Not having access to the recipe is comparable to enslaving humans?  connor33 | 10/09/09
Blending and compounding  Ole Man | 10/09/09
RE: On the future of Open Source thought leadership  didier.caamano | 10/09/09
Trouble with that  Ole Man | 10/09/09
How can you seize open source?  connor33 | 10/09/09
So secret (proprietary) code isn't locked down?  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Paranoid - Delusional...  Marty R. Milette | 10/10/09
That's a very deceptive statement  masonwheeler | 10/10/09
You must be joking...  Marty R. Milette | 10/10/09
Please post the identity of the corporation YOU head (if any)  Ole Man | 10/11/09
Don't you have ANY intelligent responses?  Marty R. Milette | 10/11/09
"BE A MAN -- get some ball$"  Ole Man | 10/12/09
20% of YOUR HUMAN DNA is corporate copyright owned  BlueBerry Pick'n | 10/09/09
I don't get it.  balaknair | 10/09/09
GPL ideology needs to be criticized  connor33 | 10/09/09
Maybe because Stallman is a fruit cake?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/09
So was Ezekiel  shis-ka-bob | 10/12/09
DotNetNuke is a great example of Open Source  tracy anne | 10/09/09
Corporations profit from GPL software all the time without giving back  connor33 | 10/09/09
Perhaps you should read the GPL license?  Ole Man | 10/09/09
When they make changes or addition to GPLed software  tracy anne | 10/09/09
You seem to be confusing GPL with BSD  tracy anne | 10/09/09
You seem to not realize there are more ways to profit from open source  connor33 | 10/12/09
You are very confused  PorkPrick | 10/09/09
It seems that some of you are confusing confusion with knowledge  Ole Man | 10/09/09
Exactly, Tracy Anne  Ole Man | 10/09/09
RE: On the future of Open Source thought leadership  Bilmekanikeren | 10/09/09
RE: On the future of Open Source thought leadership  menueras | 10/09/09
RE: On the future of Open Source thought leadership  elderlybloke | 10/09/09
The difference here being  tracy anne | 10/09/09
Bad article to attack Stallman  peter_erskine@... | 10/10/09
Well, it's par for the course...  zkiwi | 10/10/09
The Truth  Tim Patterson | 10/12/09
E pluribus unum!  khurt@... | 10/14/09

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