but how much freedom would you really have? if you want to make people pay for something that means that your license can't allow redistribution and that is a major freedom gone.thamarok wrote:Well yes, I would pay for freedom.
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I didn't choose GNU/Linux because it's free..
source for all of the free software components of rhel is indeed freely availible and you can download rebuilds of them freely from many sources. People who buy rhel aren't really buying the free software that makes up the bulk of it they are buying the support of redhat and the eligibility for support from vendors of non free software for linux.
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Okay what if both windows and linux were $500? which would you choose?
Trying it because it is free(cost) and then coming to realize the importance of free(dom) is a good thing. Only using it because it is cheap and you want to turn it into a *cheap* windows clone is something else.
I have windowsXP and it costs me nothing. I do not get viruses with windows XP either. I find windows to be stable. I use about the same apps on both. Both OSs provide the drivers that I need for my laptop. I could care less about debugging data since I wouldn't know how to do much with it anyway.
But free software makes sure I am in control of my system. It guarantees that I decide what is best for me. Free(dom) is why I use GNU and linux too...
Trying it because it is free(cost) and then coming to realize the importance of free(dom) is a good thing. Only using it because it is cheap and you want to turn it into a *cheap* windows clone is something else.
I have windowsXP and it costs me nothing. I do not get viruses with windows XP either. I find windows to be stable. I use about the same apps on both. Both OSs provide the drivers that I need for my laptop. I could care less about debugging data since I wouldn't know how to do much with it anyway.
But free software makes sure I am in control of my system. It guarantees that I decide what is best for me. Free(dom) is why I use GNU and linux too...
Re: I didn't choose GNU/Linux because it's free..
Free from the servitude to a certain large greedy software corporation.
Also, just "getting back to the basics" of the attitude/philosophy of the '60's.
Also, just "getting back to the basics" of the attitude/philosophy of the '60's.