It's not a quote, but a statement. And even if it were a quote, random other quotes from the same person are not relevant. "This is just a part of the quote" people are so annoying. Like guess why it is "only a part of a quote"? Because some parts are neat, insightful and true, and some other parts are irrelevant and garbage.

Sorry, this was a more general rant, because it is so annoying every single time.

In this case: Who the hell cares about that random guy's random views? How is it relevant in this conversation?

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stavros 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

For me, it was useful to clarify that "information wants to be free" was "information wants to be gratis", not "information wants to be libre". I didn't realize it referred to cost.

	▲	bmacho 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		You can read more about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free

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bmacho 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you are similarly annoyed with the random "it's only part of the quote" spam, you can use my text above and link it as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944055

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balamatom 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>Who the hell cares about that random guy's random views?

Not you.

>How is it relevant in this conversation?

If you cared it'd be obvious to you.

"Not caring" was cool last century.