[wplug] Linux/OSS in Forbes

[Joe Gallo]

By the same logic, can't you just vote with your dollars?

Michael Semcheski wrote:
> Elwin Green wrote:
>> <!-- DIV {margin:0px} --> Forbes magazine has a package about
>> Stallman, the GPL, and Linux. It's online here:
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/
> 
> Well, does this mean we should table plans for changing our name to
> WPLGUG (the Western Pennsylvania Gnu/Linux User Group)?
> 
> I think the FSF would have better served users by working harder to make
> Linux truly open source.  The GPLv3 could have focused on getting all
> drivers to have their source available (think wireless network cards and
> OpenBSD.)
> 
> DRM is something that consumers can vote with their wallets on.  Just
> like hardware with binary only drivers.  But binary only drivers are a
> real problem today.  DRM is something I can deal with.  I can download
> mp3's from eMusic or rip cd's to FLAAC.  But I can't get a good open
> source driver for my wireless NIC.
> 
> 
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