On 5/22/2009 1:46 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 01:24:56PM -0400, David Nalley wrote: >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM, TK009 <john.brown009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It's not a slight - just the way things are. People who care about >> software freedom don't willingly choose to perpetuate non-free >> software. ie, people who care about software freedom use ogg instead >> of mp3, use free video drivers, instead of proprietary blobs. >> It's a akin to the difference between a vegetarian and omnivore. If >> you are a vegetarian you don't willingly eat meat. There is no slight >> intended or inferred, but you can't be a vegetarian and eat prime rib, >> you are an omnivore (or perhaps carnivore, but it's unlikely that you >> only consume meat). Those terms aren't slights, it's just the way >> things are. Admittedly we don't have nice labels to attach to 'people >> who care about free software' and 'people who don't care about free >> software'; but the situation is analogous. > > I think a simple way of putting this is, "not caring" is not the same > as "hating." > > I don't care particularly about asparagus farming, but I certainly > don't hate it or the people who care about it. We all pick the things > that really matter to us, and the rest doesn't automatically go into a > "hate" pile. > > Fedora respects people's right to choose, and so do I. That's why I > worked on that page! :-) > Just keep repeating to yourself, "Linux is and OS... Linux is not a cause... Linux is and OS... Linux is not a cause..." :-) -- David -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
