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

[Matthias Weiler | Piratenpartei Österrei]

On 05/14/2010 07:52 PM, Andrew Norton wrote:
> On 5/13/2010 4:11 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>> You also have the option of paying people of your choice to study
>> and/or change the program for you.  That way, you choose who to trust.
>>
> In buying propriety software, that's exactly what we're doing? The
> difference is that the ones we've paid to check, are also the ones that
> wrote it.

If you decide to use proprietary software you decide to fully trust the 
developer. As soon as your trust level is less than 100% you have to 
remove the software and find an alternative.

I do trust some software developers but it's hard to trust if you know 
that their primary goal ist profit. And the only one I do fully trust 
and keep that over years is myself.


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