Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in non-freedrivers? | Date | Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:26:07 -0500 |
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Richard, you are missing the entire point, again. You must understand that we all love free software and its benefits, that is why we all strive to make the Linux kernel a success. The problem is not everything is open source and if a proprietary application is just as good why not use it instead of wasting the time and effort of to create a clone?
The benefit of free software that I value is freedom to share the software, freedom to change it, freedom to cooperate with others in developing it. That's why, for me, the success of any particular kernel is not the most important thing--and why writing a free clone of a non-free program or system is hardly a waste.
Developing programs does not "cost money"--that is just one way to do it. But sometimes a person is in a position where he can develop a certain program only if he makes it non-free to raise money. If you are in such a position, unless you are going to make the program free software soon after, then the best thing you can do is not develop it at all. Someone else will develop a free program to do the job. Freedom is worth the wait.
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