Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Darren Cook writes:

 > > How about "I'm a open source liberal, not a free software socialist"?
 > 
 > I really wanted to join in this flame war, but it sounds like we're all
 > on the same side. Have you already scared off all the free software
 > socialists from this list?

Not at all.

 > There are plenty out there, including a lot of university students who
 > are writing quality code but wasting half the effort by releasing as
 > GPL.

I'm with JC.  Why do you see that as a waste?

Open source is not *just* about freedom, but it *is* about freedom.
Open source *is* about better ways to do business, but it is not
*just* about business.  If people want to take their proprietary
earnings in kind (ie, other people's code being available to them, or
more altruistically, to the world), what grounds have you to call that
a waste?