[Fsf-friends] Very inetresting plot by microsoft to target Free software enthusiasts

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Praveen A said on Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 04:35:20PM +0530,:

 > Because what you see as a product is in reality a *by-product* of a
 > process.  Free  and  Open  Source  Software  is  the  result  of  a
 > collaborative development process that has existed for decades that
 > was  given  a  more formal  definition  in  1984,  and it  is  this
 > *process*  that  really  challenges  the  whole  existing  software
 > scenario 

IMHO, statements  like this merely give  a wrong reason  for the right
decision.

Free software development is not merely a `process'. It is a cause. It
is a belief. It is a  state of mind. Freedom is something worth living
and breathing.

Freedom is  your right.   When you participate*  in the  Free Software
community,  you are  doing something  to  preserve your  rights as  an
individual.


(*) Participation can be in several ways - as a user, developer,
    advocate, whatever.  


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