On 21/01/07, Richard Franks <spontificus at gmail.com> wrote: >> Although I support the goals of the FSF, I hold progress ahead > of my political philosophy. To value a political stance over "practical progress" does go counter to our general culture, which encourages us to dismiss any philosophy that differs from its own as 'impractical'. But the FSF's political philosophy is extremely practical: it is why we have the GNU/Linux operating system at all. Again, I really recommend reading http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html about this specifically, and http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html in general. -- Regards, Dave