Stallman Spreading FUD about Gates & His Charity Fund

Re:Stallman Spreading FUD about Gates & His Charity Fund by captain-m on Friday July 04, 2008 @06:52AM (#236125)

I agree that Stallman's stab at the gates foundation is cheap and uncalled for. However, if you're going to write an article accusing someone else of FUD you'd better make sure you're not guilty of it yourself.

>"Is Richard Stallman seriously suggesting that it’s right to illegally obtain copyrighted software?"

No he isn't. He's suggesting that Bill Gates should have allowed people to share his software.

>"It’s one thing to say that Gates should never have charged for his software and another to say that it’s OK to use it without paying."

Stallman is saying that the software should have been free as in speech, not free as in beer. Nowhere did he imply that it's OK to use the software without paying.

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Re:Stallman Spreading FUD about Gates & His Charity Fund by narag on Friday July 04, 2008 @03:51PM (#236482)

FWIW, Stallman wrote long time a piece saying that it might be simpler and braver to make dozens of copies of expensive commercial software and giving them away on a street corner. He didn't do that and instead tried to create alternatives. But it was some kind of "what is wronger" question.

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