Re: [Pan-users] Re: OT: freedomware vs... Was: Building Pan on Windows?

[Joe Zeff]

On 03/10/2010 06:12 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I could continue, but I trust I've made
> my point.

Yes, you have: you can make a living while giving away your code if *and 
only if* you have an employer who will support you while you do it.

You seem to believe that there is One True Way for software to work and 
anybody who doesn't do things your way is, at the least, wrong, if not 
downright *EVIL.*  If so, you're wrong.  FOSS is all well and good, and 
I support it, but I, at least, also accept that most software will never 
be free, and that software companies have the right to keep their code 
proprietary if that's what they want.  If you don't like it, don't do 
business with them, but please, accept the fact that they have a moral 
and ethical right to do so if they desire.

There is on One True Way.