[NCLUG] Re: NCLUG Digest, Vol 184, Issue 15

[Rob Bayerl]

On 9/18/08, John L. Bass <jbass at dmsd.com> wrote:
> I do not support those that wish to co-opt the free software movement to
> be the free monopoly software movement.

This in itself is illogical.  There can be no monopoly of free
software, except in the case where there is no choice but to chose
from free software options.  With free software, the user will always
have a choice of which software they use; which may or may not use
differing licenses.  A good example of this is window managers.  GNOME
and KDE are very different from each other and use different licenses,
not to mention there are hundreds of other options (which includes no
window manager at all).  If all software becomes free software, choice
will always remain.