Free Libre OpenSource v Proprietary Software

I'm sure rms has some excellent analogies but here are a few i just thought of :

• Telling a programmer to use a Proprietary Software Package to produce a system is like telling an artist to use a painting-by-numbers book to produce a painting of a tree !
• A Proprietary Software Package is like a car made of Meccano that is superglued together !
• An OpenSource Package is like a car made of Meccano that the programmer can take apart and turn into an aeroplane !

Closed Proprietary Software stifles creativity just like a painting-by-numbers book.

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