Re: [tlug] GPL Quote

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Attila Kinali writes:
 > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:46:15 +0900
 > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > Another interesting thing about free software is that it provides true
 > > social capital (as opposed to socialized == nationalized capital) for
 > > probably the first time in history.  Whether this will make a
 > > difference in the long run I tend to doubt.
 > 
 > Why do you doubt that?

You can eat your words, but you won't last very long if words are all
you eat.  Consuming software is not going to make us all healthy and
wealthy.

Here in the second-richest nation on earth I asked in class if anybody
had ever written a program, and out of 90 students only one raised her
hand, and she's Hungarian.  Producing software is obviously not going
to help the majority of people achieve economic freedom either, unless
matters change dramatically.