Re: The "Free" vs. "Non-Free" issue
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 07:57:08AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Yes, I think that not only free programs have cornered the
> > market for being useful and important (unless you are a zealot, when
> > this is all moot anyway).
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:33:25PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> Y'see, that's the reason why I'm trying to avoid this part of the
> discussion. You have implied I meant something other than what I said,
> and thrown in an assertion that anybody who does not agree with you is
> a "zealot" (which may be technically correct [One who holds a strong
> opinion which you do not entertain], but which you imply has negative
> connotations [which is a pretty narrow reading of the dictionary]).
Except... a zealot is unreasoning.
Or are you claiming that if you participated in this discussion you'd
still be unreasoning?
> It's exactly like trying to discuss a security hole with an upstream
> author who calls you a "hacker" all the time (in every respect I can
> think of).
Except, here, "the upstream author" is trying to hold the discussion,
and the "hacker" is refusing to discuss relevant details.
--
Raul
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