Alsee writes "The idea that Free Software can be sold has some government officials perplexed. Times Online has the story. A UK Trading Standards officer contacted the Mozilla Foundation to report catching a business selling copies of Firefox. The organization confiscated the CDs with the intent to prosecute said business. When informed that such distribution was authorized, the officer first expressed disbelief that Free Software could be sold then said 'If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation'."

原來是這則新聞。是有點扯沒錯，不過這樣會說明先進國家對自由軟體有無知或不友善的現象嗎？也許我們無須悲觀得這麼早:)第一世界是商業資本的核心沒有錯，但不要忘了，自由軟體也是從那裡發源出來的，自由軟體應該不是只有提供第三世界對抗傾銷和剝削的這種用途和價值吧

當然，保守而不知產業新動向的官僚，原來並不是後進國家的專利啊