Re: Social Contract

[Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Christopher Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 03:18:57PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>   <snip>
>
> > > You are looking at this incorrectly.  The FSF isn't against anyone
> > > making money.  There are many ways to make money on software that does
> > > NOT involve using a proprietary license.
> >
> > Umm, do you presume to speak for the FSF? In private e-mail back in
> > 1986 or so I discussed Richard Stallman's goals with him, and his
> > goal, AIUI, is that people should *not* make money off of writing
> > software. If I understand him properly, he disbelieves in any form
> > of intellectual property. But, since he lives in a world which is
> > not to his liking, he uses the intellectual property laws to try to
> > reshape it as closely as he can to a world where people cannot
> > make money merely by writing and selling software.
>
>
> I would just like to point out that, while I don't know Stallman's
> motives, the FSF has an article explaining why selling free software is
> okay:  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/selling.html

I went and read that just to make sure this position hadn't changed.
I encountered that position (in text form) back in 1986 or so,
and it appears to be substantially the same as I recall it being.

Mike
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