[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

[David Kastrup]

Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
>> In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
>> tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
>> their freedom. 
>
> By this logic, locking my doors is immoral because it diminishes
> people's freedom to roam around my house.

Those people have not paid for access to your house.  Purchasers of
proprietary software _have_ paid for access to the software.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum