[Fsf-india] Four more questions...
Gopal.V
gopalv82@yahoo.com
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 15:54:17 +0530
If memory serves me right, Ranjit Babu wrote:
> I think the right to modify code is absoultely essential- I think
> it is _the_ right to fight for. My opinion is that we should be
> fighting for the 'people' and not for the 'tailors'.
I wonder who wrote all these programs these 'people' use.......
> The vast majority of free software developers are looking at
> the right to modify code as something for the ultimate benefit
> of the dev community, not the free software communty as a whole
same comment again...........
It's actually the "people" who are in the win-win situation -- what
does the "developer" get ?. (other than more bugs to fix).
> a community that includes people like V. Sasikumar who used GNU/Linux
> initially because it was easier on the pocket, but decided to stick on
> because they found the ideology important.
I read this as :
" Eventhough Sasikumar was not a coder, he was able to use GNU/Linux. "
So did the "tailors" do a good job for the "people" or what ?.
Gopal.V
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