[pp.int.general] Why Free Software misses the point

[Boris Turovskiy]

On 13.05.2010 21:51, Radosław Nadstawny wrote:
> Who is "the user"?
The user is the guy who doesn't know a CPU from a motherboard and just 
wants to have their computer up and running.

>> Like many other idealists you struggle for someone other's needs
>> which you define in a way that suits you. The user wants
>> functionality, not "autonomy" in the way you state it.
>>
>>      
> Look at yourself. It is you who defines others' needs in a way that
> suits you.
>    
I don't define anyone's needs - I just don't want others to do it for 
me. When you say "the freedom to modify a program is an essential 
freedom [for everybody]", you define others' needs; when I say "the 
freedom to modify a program menas shit to a great lot of people", I 
don't define anything, I just negate your statement.
>    
>>> What are your personal goals?
>>>        
>> My goal (for the matter at hand) is for the Pirates Parties not to
>> become the political arm of Mr. Stallman's obscure philosophical
>> ideas.
>>      
> Do you feel threatened?
>    
Yes, because many people consider adjoining the FSF's ideas an important 
goal, often to the detriment of original Pirate goals (see the 
discussion on copyright duration).

Best regards,
Boris