On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:19:13AM +1200, Adam Warner wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 03:10, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > > Perhaps a good way of summing up the problem is this: > > > > They're discriminating against a field of endeavor. Now, it's Free to > > discriminate against a business model, such as "A monopoly on software > > in boxes on shelves." It's not Free to discriminate against a use > > model, such as "running nuclear power plants." This is discrimination > > against both a business model (web services providers) and a use model > > (providing access to computers over a network). > > This is a brilliant summary. If your compelling reasoning is correct > you're not only placed the issue into the context of the DFSG but done > so in a straightforward way within one paragraph. > > Wow! Hear, hear. <AOL>. -- G. Branden Robinson | Men use thought only to justify Debian GNU/Linux | their wrong doings, and speech only branden@debian.org | to conceal their thoughts. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Voltaire
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