On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 01:15:40PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: > b) Free software is better than non-free software because it is > *morally better*. [...] > It's up to you to decide. I became a debian member because I believed > (b). I also hope that (a) is true, although I'm not yet entirely > convinced by that. But I really believe (b). [...] > But I think that people should remember that Debian was created on a > moral stance, not a practical one. Actually, I don't think this is completely true. There was certainly a large component of practical consideration in Ian Murdock's decision to found the Debian Project, and that was the fact that Soft Landing System sucked so badly. :) See elsewhere for my thoughts on philosophies behind why people like/use/develop free software and Debian in particular. I don't care WHY people contribute, I'm just glad that they do. I also don't think one has to adhere to any particular philosophical ideas about free software to support, or oppose, the GR. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you have the slightest bit of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual integrity you cannot branden@ecn.purdue.edu | support the government. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- anonymous
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