Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Randy Howard
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 08:09 pm

Rob Thorpe wrote
(in article 
<1125080872.729142.248260@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):

> Chris Sonnack wrote:
>> Scott Moore writes:
>> 
>>> Bummer that the proletariats here don't want to be freed from their
>>> chains.
>> 
>> If, by chains, we mean that I can pay for software and expect the
>> company to stand behind it (maintain it, fix bugs, provide updates)
>> and be responsible for it, you're damn right!
> 
> If you have free software then you can pay a support company to do
> that, plus you have the freedom to change and alter the software.

If that is important to you, then by all means do it.

I do not feel that every piece of software I come in contact 
with needs to be modified (although I know of some that are in 
great need of it).

-- 
Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)

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