The Free Software Litmus Test
Warren points to one of the most concise and powerful recitations of GNU/Free Software philosophy I've ever seen. This message to the fedora-devel mailing list is in response to one of the many "we must work with the proprietary driver vendors" pundits:
Choosing slavery is not a freedom, it's waiving freedom.
Likewise, accepting non-Free(dom) terms is not freedom of choice, but subjugation to somebody else's power over you.
In the case of 3d binary drivers, they're exploiting your craving for 3D, and providing it at [the] cost of your loss of freedom.
It is your choice, in fact, but not much different than the choice a chemically (3D) addicted person has over buying the chemical [from] the local dealer. You may get the appeasing visions, but in the end you'll eventually suffer, and you seem to like enticing others to do it, which is reprehensible.
Rui
That's the closest thing I've seen to a solid line in determining whether you subscribe to Free Software philosophy - you either agree or you don't.
Me? I hope to be completely clean someday... (as I write this on my proprietary Macintosh listening to DRM protected songs on iTunes - crack!)