----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek A. Neighbors" To: Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: Re: NPO > > There's got to be room for compromise here as well. There are times when > > Free Software isn't necessarily appropriate. That probably isn't due to > > the software itself, though. For instance, I really want my tax software > > to have a warranty. At the same time I want something that runs on a Free > > Software OS. Maybe it could be done with a Free Software licence such that > > I think RMS would say there is no situation where > Free Software does not apply. > > > the warranty is only in effect if certain aspects of the Free Software > > guarantees haven't been exercised. I think, however, we're going to have > > significant difficulties getting an accounting software company to buy > > into that. Please feel free to prove me wrong :). In such a case I would > > still like to have source code in order to submit bug fixes, but I could > > live without it. > > In this case, I think the right answer is the IRS > should be providing you tax software. It should > be both open and free. > > Derek Neighbors > derek@gnu.org > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >