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To: the_Watchman
He is a strong open source advocate, but is concerned that some open source folks want to cast the role of the movement as an attack on corporate America.

As a Linux user, I have met a few of the 'ultimate consumers', pay for nothing, produce nothing.

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."
They seem to overlook the second clause.

12 posted on 11/06/2015 1:46:25 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The decendents of 0bama)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Can I do an edit?
Oh well, too late.


14 posted on 11/06/2015 1:49:38 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The decendents of 0bama)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; the_Watchman
... concerned that some open source folks want to cast the role of the movement as an attack on corporate America.

Sorry, but that trap for the Open Source Movement was laid by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation LONG before Linus Torvalds. The movement began as an attack -- not on corporate America -- but free market economics itself, and has been co-opted more and more by sensible people as time has gone by.

25 posted on 11/06/2015 2:08:41 PM PST by FredZarguna (Eat pork: Annoy the UN.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The word is leech.


49 posted on 11/06/2015 7:16:29 PM PST by Henry Hnyellar
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