Lifehacker isn't hacking enough.
Lifehacker ran a list of "Readers' Free Replacements for Paid Tools" which I would care about if I ever paid for software tools. More than seven years ago, I switched to Linux exclusively and the only software I buy is the rare game (and I don't use unlicensed copies at all)."Companies that suffered from piracy a decade ago now know the lesson well - piracy is a good thing so long as the pirates are folks who could never afford your products. So stop calling them pirates, call hem users. Free software has no pirates."I know that it's hard for some people to understand but Free Software means I don't have to worry about getting audited for license violations or calling up the company because software I paid for won't work after I upgraded computers.
--Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Has No Pirates
All of starts by not running an operating system that tells me what I'm allowed to do with it. Or a phone or a DVD player or a television or anything. If I buy something and what I want to do is legal, I shouldn't be restricted by a license.
Labels: free software, law, lifehacker, linux, open source, windows
posted by Lachlan @ 5:33 PM
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