Free?

[Chante]

"Russel Winder" <russel at russel.org.uk> wrote in message 
news:mailman.528.1319696286.24802.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> Chante wrote:
> "Timon Gehr" <timon.gehr at gmx.ch> wrote in message=20
> news:j88jq8$1brb$1 at digitalmars.com...
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> >[Free software] is software that respects the freedom of its end 
> >users.
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> Software is inanimate and non-human and cannot "respect" anything. The=
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> mire of propaganda that spews from "entitled" GPL fanboys is 
> astounding.

>If you want to make a case against using the GPL for software let it be
>done with civil argument, not off-hand disparaging hate mail.

It's hardly an inappropriate categorization of the typical "zealot", 
"fanboy", GPLer. C'mon, call a spade a spade. No hate needed. It's a 
common observation.