[Discuss] Essentially all free apps will soon be available onWindows

[Adam Parkin]

Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> can help to alleviate this.  However, while part of the problem is 
>> tool-related, I think it's fair to say that another part of the 
>> problem is the "well I use Linux, the source is available, so why 
>> should *I* port it to Windows?" mentality of many FOSS devs.
> 
> I believe the "many" in that last sentence is not correct.  Fundamentally,
> free software developers want to spread freedom through porting their apps
> to as many platforms as possible.

Well, I think it's important to realize that not all devs are software 
freedom fighters.  Some release code under OSS licences purely for 
selfish reasons (gets other people to contribute to the code for free, etc).
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