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Why "free as in beer" still sucks

author: www-data

For my diploma thesis, I used a program called WU-BLAST. I had my ideological difficulty with using it, because it was not Free Software, but only "free for academic use". I was told to be pragmatic about it. It is still in use at the department with no usable replacement in sight. And now -- it is proprietary.
Note to external world: University of Washington, you greedy suckers!
Note to self: Never ever again rely on such software. I'd rather write the necessary software myself than ever use that stinking pile of non-Free shit again.

2009-07-15 16:27 | www-datarootshell.ro | [/tech-sci/comp] | permanent link