Shane M. Coughlan wrote:
I think this has drifted a long way from the point of the thread. The original point was about what constituted success in promoting something like the idea of Free Software. Tying that into vague and inherently subjective views on 'good', 'bad' and 'worthy' is both confusing and unhelpful. I believe sticking to the point is important.
You keep dealing with the symptoms, try to find the cause...
I stand by my original assertion that any unmeasurable advocacy is less useful than measurable advocacy. Whether the advocacy is geared towards profit or not is a mute point. That has nothing whatsoever to do with Free Software as a concept. Free Software is about Freedom for the user
<MetaLanguage> An *assertion* is a measurable advocacy? </MataLanguage>
Free Software is not about freedom, its about constraints... there's no freedom without constraints.
[]s, gandhi