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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif"'>On Tuesday October 21 2008 04:04:41 pm benjamin
gramlich wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif"'>> I think it's
difficult to make the case that free software helps to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif"'>> preserve our personal
freedom. Free software really only benefits those<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif"'>> who have the knowledge
to make use of the access to source code.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-paragraph-type:empty;-qt-block-indent:0;
-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";
color:#1F497D'>RMS addressed this in his talk last night. Even if you do
not have the skills, you are free to hire someone to make the changes you want,
much as you would hire a professional to renovate your home if you did not have
the carpentry or plumbing skills (image a “proprietary house” where
only the manufacturer could make changes or repairs!).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'>He also noted that everyone
benefits from contributions others make as the code continues to develop and
evolve. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'>Neither would possible if the
software was not free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"DejaVu Sans","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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