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Originally Posted by Brutha  So in the end you are okay with people selling non open source software? |
I play games on GNU/Linux, and many of those games are using proprietary code. Some are open source AND commercial, though. Interestingly, I remember reading on the FSF website that they don't care about entertainment software, although proprietary 3D drivers are deemed a problem.
I don't personally have a problem with someone else selling non-open source software, but it is because I agree that the developer has the right to decide how you use his/her software. It doesn't mean that I have to use it, though, and if I can help it, I avoid using Windows Media Player among other proprietary pieces of software because I don't like what the restrictions are.
The part you quoted wasn't to indicate that proprietary add-ons are perfectly fine for everyone but to indicate that selling software as toasters is not the only way to make money. My personal problems or lack of them doesn't change this fact.