Comment Reason #1 I am glad RMS does what he does... (Score 1) 235
Lets say you buy a license for a piece of software
that has an expiration date
and every year you need to renew the license
Then the company that makes the software
goes out of business or you forget to renew the license
What are you stuck with now, bits that do nothing.
This happened recently at my work
The compilers, f77, f90, cc all had the licenses run out
People using those programs very quickly got extremely unproductive (and annoyed too)
While other people using GNU free alternatives did not experience this problem
I personally like not having to worry about
restrictions being placed on me by other people
that has an expiration date
and every year you need to renew the license
Then the company that makes the software
goes out of business or you forget to renew the license
What are you stuck with now, bits that do nothing.
This happened recently at my work
The compilers, f77, f90, cc all had the licenses run out
People using those programs very quickly got extremely unproductive (and annoyed too)
While other people using GNU free alternatives did not experience this problem
I personally like not having to worry about
restrictions being placed on me by other people
