Applying the Free Software Criteria
I&#x27;m a huge user, believer and propagater of QUALITY free software, or quality anything.<p>It&#x27;s preposterous to suggest that non-free programs limit individual freedom and liberty. Quid-pro-quo: the undeniable biological, evolutionary instinct to receive something (money) for a rendered service&#x2F;product (software) simply cannot be deemed criminal. There&#x27;s very little incentive to charge money for something whose blueprint is free. RedHat is the exception in the software world, not the rule. Very few profitable free-software based companies thrive - take canonical for instance, they&#x27;re barely profitable despite putting out a VERY high quality Linux distro<p>Plus, why stop at software - why not release the blueprints of EVERYTHING ever made? Oh - and please tell your ambitious school going kid to NOT aim to finish first, because, when he grows up to be a successful inventor, Stallman and co. would have brainwashed the masses into daemonizing inventions that aren&#x27;t made public property!