Re: [SLUG] Music Download Services

From: Jonathon Conte (thesicktwist@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 17:51:03 EDT


>From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Music Download Services
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:59:54 -0400
>
>. . .
>
>Open Source isn't really about freedom of choice *against* an abusive
>monopoly. It's just about freedom of choice. It just so happens we have the
>900lb gorillas of monopolies in our back yard (Microsoft, Adobe), making
>our jobs that much harder. It's kind of heartening to see how the internet
>has empowered people to be a force for change outside of organized
>lobbyists and corporate boardrooms. Now if we can just keep the internet
>free....
>
>Paul

Free (libre) software is about using tools that do not enslave the user,
choice is just an indirect benefit of that incredible freedom. The real
freedom is having no master.

Jonathon

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