Comme le soulignait (implicitement) Al Viro, l’opposition pratique/politique est fallacieuse. Le choix du libre est un choix politique (je ne veux pas être prisonnier du bon vouloir de l’éditeur) entraîné par la poursuite de fins pratiques (tout éditeur de logiciel, libre comme non libre, produit de la merde, et le seul moyen d’avoir une chance de s’en sortir, c’est de se boucher le nez et de foutre les mains dans le fumier).
« People do have a right to put their code under whatever license they like. Now, I won't use the stuff I don't have a source for unless I have exceptionally good reason to believe that authors of that stuff are among the few percents of programmers who can find their arse without outside help. But that has nothing to do with licensing or any moral considerations and everything to the fact that I know what kind of crap most of the software is. »
[^] # Re: 1%
Posté par Moonz . En réponse au journal Linux sur le desktop et 1% de part de marché : mythe ou réalité ?. Évalué à 7.
« People do have a right to put their code under whatever license they like. Now, I won't use the stuff I don't have a source for unless I have exceptionally good reason to believe that authors of that stuff are among the few percents of programmers who can find their arse without outside help. But that has nothing to do with licensing or any moral considerations and everything to the fact that I know what kind of crap most of the software is. »