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On Tuesday 18 July 2017 20:18:07 Ben Finney wrote:

> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
> > Doug [2017-07-18 13:25:34-05] wrote:
> > > My point is that most of the folks who complain about code not
> > > being free to modify are not capable of modifying it, so why do
> > > they complain?
> >
What has not being capable got to do with it? I am losing that capability 
slowly but surely, too many circles around this star we call the Sun 
being the main reason. I have outlived all the enemies I used to have, 
and poor short term memory lets me forget about any recently acquired 
ones.

> > Free software has the advantage that it does not depend on just one
> > company and its interests. A free software community can maintain
> > code longer and can port it to different platforms. The community
> > benefits even if only some people actually modify the software.
>
> By analogy: I am not capable of maintaining the house I live in, let
> alone of making significant improvements.
>
That blows me away, Ben. I have read enough of your keyboards output to 
know there is not one darned thing keeping you from learning to do what 
you deny being able to do.

> Yet I benefit from the fact that anyone sufficiently motivated can
> learn to do so and they don't need permission from the people who made
> the house.
>
> If anyone who wanted to improve the house I live in were prevented
> from doing so without the express permission of the people who made
> the house, you're damned right I would complain.
>
So would I, by whatever means gets the attention.

> I may have no intention of ever doing so myself, but I want a
> wide-open market of people who can do so if I ask, who have learned
> because no law stops them from doing so.
>
>
> Free software includes that same freedom for software: Everyone is
> free to learn about it, and try to improve it, and share their work
> with others who want it.
>
> Because everyone has that freedom, we don't all have to exercise it.
> But we must defend it for everyone, and look with suspicion on anyone
> – even those who sell video cards – who tries to deny us that freedom.

Extremely well stated Ben, thank you.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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  Re: video driver? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-17 22:40 +0200
  Re: video driver? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-17 22:50 +0200
  Re: video driver? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-17 23:10 +0200
    Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 05:40 +0200
      Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 07:50 +0200
        Re: video driver? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-07-18 13:00 +0200
          Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 14:20 +0200
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          Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 20:30 +0200
            Free software (was: video driver?) Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
              Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
                Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 03:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-19 03:40 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-19 14:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-19 06:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 06:40 +0200
                Re: Free software <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-19 10:40 +0200
                Re: Free software Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-19 10:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 01:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 02:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:30 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 15:00 +0200
                Re: Free software David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-20 22:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 20:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-21 02:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:20 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 04:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 05:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 07:10 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-22 13:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-07-22 14:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 17:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
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            Re: video driver? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 21:30 +0200
              Re: video driver? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-18 22:10 +0200
                Re: video driver? "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 22:30 +0200
                Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
              Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:00 +0200
            Re: video driver? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-18 21:40 +0200

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