On Tue, 2006-21-02 at 20:36 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 Feb 2006 20:12, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-21-02 at 15:05 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote:
> > > If my free software work puts a company or its developers out of
> > > work, then that's a problem for my conscience. It's not a victory
> > > for free software.
> >
> > Yes it is.
>
> No, the fact of people having been put out of work is not itself a
> victory for anyone.
Straw man. I never said it was an overall win, just a win for free
software. A proprietary program being replaced by a free one is
obviously a "win for free software".
(Whether it's a good thing overall is a different matter (of opinion))
-DR-
Received on Sun Feb 26 20:18:27 2006
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