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Having some suspicions of what Stallman's wider goals are, I wouldn't assume that these "injustices" are the reason for his objection in isolation. I see from

Having some suspicions of what Stallman's wider goals are, I wouldn't assume that these "injustices" are the reason for his objection in isolation. I see from a quick stalk (sorry, I wanted to see if there was some common ground to build on) that just the other day, you wrote a comment about Google Reader that seemed to suggest (my interpretation; by all means object if this is mischaracterized) that controlling your own tools is a more far-sighted and responsible choice than locking yourself into a proprietary system out of your control. Sorry to pick on you (and thank you for responding), but I really am genuinely curious if others who are aware of RMS and still make the choices that you and I have, are really on the same page as far as understanding his overarching philosophy.

uptown 14y ago
No problem on reading other things I've written. If I want to use today's hardware, software, and services - I'm probably going to come across products from Apple and Amazon (think EC2) and I'm probably going to do business, in some capacity, with a company that uses expensive accountants to minimize their tax bill. I get his basic philosophy on free and open software. Great, great things have obviously come from companies and individuals that have embraced that model. But I also don't blame one company for the way things are on much broader issues like trade, labor, taxes or DRM. Like I said - good for him, for taking a stand.