Re: "Robinson, Nerode and other free beer zealots" was: A possible GFDL compromise

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Fedor Zuev <Fedor_zuev@mail.ru> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, MJ Ray wrote:
> 
> >                       I have not yet got the impression that the
> >people you name are "free beer zealots".  Rather, they seem to be
> >"freedom zealots" if anything.  Do you have any evidence to support
> >your description?

> 	Free beer is about price. When you get cheaper price (for
> example, less obligations on the side of recipient|user, when we
> come to software licensing), you get more free beer.
> 
> 	Free speech is about liberty. Not only about liberty of Free
> Stuff receipients, but, as well, about liberty of society, liberty
> of _everyone_ _else_.  Free speech is _not_ about price. Moreover,
> very often free speech costs you a lot, sometimes it costs you more
> than absence of free speech.

So we're on the same page.
 
> 	There a lot of people in this list, who cares very much
> about cost ("Invariant Sections is clearly non-free"), 

You have _got_ to be kidding!?  This makes *no* sense.

Peter