Re: Tocqueville on open source development

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Eric Bennett said that Stallman "suggests replacing all (or perhaps
even the majority of) commercial software with government-written
software funded by a software tax."
    
    1.   Government written software?  I don't think Stallman said
this?  Prove it.
    2.   "all (or perhaps even the majority.."    No this either.

  Just because you don't like someone's ideas doesn't mean you can put
words in their mouth and then ridicule things they did not say.   I'll
take all this back if you can produce a quote where Stallman says the
things you say he says.  If you can't, then you should take it back.  

   Jamie


Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> Sure he does. We've already seen, as referenced in earlier messages, that
> Stallman advocates taxing the public and using the money to fund the
> development of free software -- which, in turn, he belives will put
> an end to the existence of commercal software.
> 
> Tax software companies to fund the development of products that will
> compete unfairly with theirs and put them out of business? I think not.
> 
> --Brett
> 
> At 05:46 PM 11/7/98 -0500, James Love wrote:
> 
> >Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> >> It becomes "communist" only when somebody (Stallman) suggests replacing all
> >> (or perhaps even the majority of) commercial software with
> >> government-written software funded by a software tax.
> >>
> >
> >  Are you putting words in Richard Stallman's mouth?  I certainly have never
> >heard him say anything like this.  Jamie
> >
> >
> >
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