From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:12:08 -0500, DFS wrote:   
      
   > On 1/15/2026 7:51 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:01:46 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Tried to open it with LibreOffice Impress 25.2.7.2 (X86_64)   
   >>>   
   >>> The [GNU software] hard-locked my Win11 system??!?!? wtf? Complete   
   >>> freeze - couldn't even open Task Mgr.   
   >>   
   >> If you have trouble with an open-source package on Windows, always try   
   >> it on Linux for comparison. Such freezes are so common on Windows   
   >> anyway, you cannot automatically blame the issue on the app without   
   >> this elementary check.   
   >>   
   >> Oh, and LibreOffice isn’t part of the GNU project.   
   >   
   >   
   > You just said it was.   
   >   
   > Anything released under the GPL is potentially GuhNoo crapware.   
   >   
   > LO uses a combo of Mozilla Public License, GPL2 and Lesser GPL.   
      
   For good reason. Many developers feel that the GNU license is too   
   prohibitive and forces them to give away their work for free with no   
   chance of eventual compensation. They are fans of free software, but not   
   of slavery.   
      
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