open source crap was Re: Archiving Software

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that der Mouse may have mentioned these words:
> > [...] and in Dave's case, it's his freaking software.  He can do with
> > it whatever he likes.  If he doesn't want to release the source, then
> > people like Tony can take a chill pill.
>
>Absolutely.  But, conversely, if we (FSVO "we") want to think less of
>him for choosing that way, that's up to us.

But why should you put a moral bent on a personal choice?

IOW, you're saying it's OK to be a bigot.

"I don't hate him because he's German, I hate him because he's not FSF."

[[ I said German *solely* because I'm primarily German, and if I was going 
to "pick on" someone, I figured it should be myself. I could've said 
American Indian as well; that's the second largest contribution to my 
personal gene pool... ]]

> > Just because it's non-commercial doesn't mean it should be open
> > source.
>
>Not in general, but I think it does when the reason given for not
>releasing the source is that it enables (as in "makes easier") the
>creation of commercial competitors - and as that was one of the reasons
>given upthread, I think it's not an entirely unfair thing to say.

I do. It's his software, plain & simple. He has the right to do with it as 
he wishes, bar none, and that's that.

Would it not be "unfair" to dislike you because you run BSD instead of Linux?

Expecting everyone else to live to *your* standards is a bit of a 
stretch... is it not?

Regards,
Roger Merchberger

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