Metaphors of Free Software

[Nicolas JEAN]

On 30/09/2014 18:31, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> op 30-09-14 17:22, lfodh at fsfe.org schreef:
>
>>    Modification: Flowers for your garden
>>
>>    Free Software is like buying flowers for your garden. If the seed of
>>    those flowers spreads and you get more flowers, you can give those
>>    seeds or flowers away if you want to. Proprietary software is like
>>    signing an agreement that you will never ever use or give away those
>>    seeds or flowers.
>>
>> And accordings to my mother, in the gardening community, such an idea
>> would be considered madness and an insult to the craft. ;)
> There are many patents on plants and seeds, see:
> http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/
> http://seedfreedom.in/learn/who-owns-the-seed/
>
> But I like: "Proprietary software is like patented seed".

+1 !