`freeing' proprietary software (was Re: [DotGNU]Open Content Network: Free Software P2P)

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Daniel Carrera wrote:
> However, free music, like free software, is about voluntarily giving the
> fruits of your labour freely.  It is not about grabbing what someone
> didn't intend to be free.
>
> I believe in Free Software and I would love to see Adobe making Photoshop
> free.  However, I don't think that it's okay to start giving away copies
> of Adobe Photoshop.  Adobe does not want Photoshop free.

As a computer user today, you may find yourself using a proprietary 
program. If your friend asks to make a copy, it would be wrong to 
refuse. Cooperation is more important than copyright.
        -- RMS, "Why Software Should Not Have Owners"

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Stephen Compall
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There has been another attempt to seize power. So far, the
aristocratic forces have been defeated.
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