K5: 'Is Richard Stallman's Fight For "GNU/Linux" Suicide?'

[Stefan Meretz]

"Georg C. F. Greve" wrote:
> 
>  || On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:33:47 +0200
>  || Lutz Horn <lh at lutz-horn.de> wrote:
> 
>  lh> ...
>  lh> this kind of thinking. And I repeat: by stating the compatibility
>  lh> between free software and commercial use the FSFE is doing
>  lh> exactly this.
> 
> Thinking that Free Software was about being non-commercial is a
> misunderstanding that a lot of people have (including the author of
> the article). It is a misunderstanding, however.

Agreed, but this is not what Lutz said.

> Free Software is not about being against commercialization, it is
> about being for freedom.

Agreed. But it is a important difference saying "free Software is about
being for commercialization of free software" or saying "free Software
is about being for freedom (not only) of software". That's the point.

Ciao,
Stefan

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