[Fsf-friends] An Ethical Question.

[cvr3 at antispam]

A specific question which many Linux solution providers keep asking me.

The question relates to the client side applications NOT the server.

When Linux business solution providers go to Govt. organisations they
are confronted with the bleak scenario of all the systems being under
M$. Since their solutions are "standalone" and built with Linux libraries
such as GTK, QT etc. they need invariably Linux OS. Since the
organisations are reluctant to change their existing M$ platform just to
accommodate their solutions (even though they liked it) they are loosing
that business. What I am asking is that under these circumstances is it
ethically and morally correct for them to create M$ binaries of their
solution using windows versions of GTK and QT libraries and install them
on the M$ platform, and there by getting the business order.

Already FSF is releasing all their libraries such as gcc, gtk etc for M$ too.

Please think as if you are a business man providing free software
solutions to make money to run a free software business.

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Rajagopal CV