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What we need to do then is...
remove the word, "free," from the English vocabulary as it is meaningless in a real, virtual, hypothetical, intangible and imagined way. Everything has a cost. That is why they speak of, "Free as in beer," and "free as in freedom."

Mandela is free but he still buys food. Beer is free but it can still intoxicate you. Linux is free but it still must be used according to the license. If you still cannot contend that Linux is free then you must also contend that there is no such thing as free beer and Mandela is still not free and the word, "free," means nothing.

Stop being anal, Ax. It doesn't become you.
Posted by: The King's Servant   Posted on: 01/10/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Good effort by the blue giant  ozgwei | 01/09/06
Black box patents  Nigel Johnstone | 01/10/06
Seems the only ones that should have patents is IBM  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
Not by a long shot  IT_User | 01/10/06
Oops  IT_User | 01/10/06
you are an interesting critter...  B.O.F.H. | 01/10/06
Your ability to analize what I've written  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
Now you don't REALLY believe that, do you?  George Mitchell | 01/10/06
Believe it or not, I agree with you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
RE: Your ability to analize what I've written  richdave | 01/10/06
If it's encumber in any way, it is NOT free.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
What we need to do then is...  The King's Servant | 01/10/06
Hmmm, it's free, if you give everything you do to us.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
Wait a minute, you complained about MS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
Your posts tend to be absurd.  B.O.F.H. | 01/10/06
This is going to dump out a lot of bogus IP ...  George Mitchell | 01/10/06
You perfectly analyzed the real problem related to patents  pelsql | 01/10/06

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