 Permalink for comment 138685 RE: Translation needed: by rattaro
on Thu 29th Jun 2006 20:00 UTC in reply to "Translation needed:"
Member since:  >Can I for once buy a software or media product
without being treated like a criminal?  No. Remember, you don't
buy software from Microsoft anymore, and this is true for most
proprietary software as well. You only have their permission to
use it, as they tell you to, how they tell you to. That's how it
works. If you don't like it, you have several choices: 1) live
with it, 2) write your congressman, 3) don't use their products,
4) complain, or 4) use it illegally.  Basically, they violate
every one of Stallman's software freedoms. But then again, you
aren't meant to have freedom with proprietary software, and that
has been pretty clear to me from the beginning, so I personally
don't see anything to complain about.  Reply Parent Score: 3