Re: redisplay system of emacs

[David Kastrup]

Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:42 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Whether or not you take a moral stance does not imply that everybody
>> else in the system does.  There is enough free software that nobody
>> bothers anymore about morals.  People contribute to free software
>> because it hardly makes a difference and is what others do.  There is
>> lots of free software by now, and little morals.
>
>
> Maybe you are right, but there is perhaps a couple of things to notice:
>
> - Quality: This is in my opinion a critical thing for free software.

It is because most people can't be bothered about freedom.

> If the quality is not good enough it will be a burdon to use free
> software. This is a moral question then, especially since there are
> still people that needs free software because of the cost.

Free software is not about cost.

-- 
David Kastrup