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Ben Goodger wrote: > On 3/25/07, *Matt Lee* <mattl@xxxxxxx <mailto:mattl@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Do you think people should have the freedom to sell themselves into > slavery? > > > What right have you to stop them? You didn't answer the question. The whole 'freedom to install proprietary software' argument, isn't about freedom at all, it's simply the reverse of the free software argument. > Because supporting free software does not exclude support of allowing > users painless access to proprietary software. Why not? If you believe in free software, why would you support non-free software? > After all, if these > people didn't have the shiny GUI they'd probably try and install it > manually and then they'd complain about Ubuntu denying them access to > software they want to use. Maybe they would. The correct response in that circumstance would be something like "Opera is software that restricts your freedom, and as a project that supports your rights as a computer user to use free software, we are unable to help you install this." Let me ask you, what is your reason for using GNU/Linux? Why do you support free software? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html