Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Duane Bozarth
Date : Tue Aug 23 2005 11:48 am

"Arthur J. O'Dwyer" wrote:
....
>    (Tangent: Stallman uses the murder-is-wrong analogy to ridicule those
> programmers who complain that they can't write free software because they
> need a commercial salary. "So it's okay to kill someone and take their
> money, because you need money?" No! A big salary doesn't excuse
> wrongdoing! And if you really can't make an honest living in /free/
> software design, you should go do something else for a few years. Build
> houses, or become a policeman, or do something else that's not
> intrinsically immoral.)
....

Of course, there's the rub there--why is software for profit inherently
any less a moral endeavor than any other commercial endeavor?  

Answer--there is no reason.

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