On 22-Aug-2005, Ben Finney wrote:
On 22-Aug-2005, Markus wrote:
- "What is if there is no Free Software who does the job i have
to do? Sould i don't do the job with my PC just because the licence of a program is non-free?" I think that's the typical argument of a pragmatist.
If you're trying to encourage people to eschew software that works for them, you're going to have a lot of disappointing conversations that change nonbody's mind. The free software movement attempts to preserve and expand freedoms, and create lots of free software.
For the FSF's position on this, via RMS:
URL:http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/use-free-software.html