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You seen to be implying that the user is empowered only if he is also a developer, or has access to a developer. The respondent is trying to show how this is st
by marrs 11y ago
You seen to be implying that the user is empowered only if he is also a developer, or has access to a developer. The respondent is trying to show how this is still empowerment.
Would you rather be in a position where you can't hire a developer to improve your software, or more likely download the patch that was donated to the community?
- epistasis 11y agoBut his point was also that access to a developer is empowerment, which is exactly what I said.
- marrs 11y agoI say he's trying to tell you that like I know; I should have said I presume that's what he was getting at. On a first reading, that was my interpretation. A very common argument criticising free software is that, since most users can't code, they cannot benefit from the 4 freedoms. This probably prejudiced my interpretation of your comment. Reading it back now I can see what you meant.