On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, Phillip Lord wrote: > "Paul L. Snyder" <p...@pataprogramming.com> writes: > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, musicdenotat...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> spirit and purpose. It's true that authors of FOSS want to get > >> contribution from others, but you can't force others to work for you, or > >> to do something that would potentially benefit you. Rich Hickey says that > >> it does not make sense to allow the creation of derivative works that he > >> can't use. Not so free software. He is like Richard Stallman now. > >> Rich Hickey should visit http://copyfree.org/ too > > > > I am personally a big proponent of the GPL, but this is NOT the way to do > > advocacy. Please stop embarrassing yourself and aggravating others by > > continuing this approach. > > I don't think he's an actual fan of GPL.
Huh, I guess you're right, and my attempt at dousing the flames may just have been pouring gasoline. I just took a look at the copyfree website, and it appears to be advocating licenses that approximate a public domain approach. It also appears to need a copy editor. I should have gone with my first reaction, which is that any suffienctly poorly worded argument is indistinguishable from trolling. > In the good old days, this sort of argument used to rage across the > usenet, then largely couched in terms of BSD vs GPL license. It used to > be great fun, with the all sorts of people asserting the right to use > the word "free", and denying everone elses right to use it. My favorite > answer is this entertainly offensive reply from a little known > developer, with an unpronoucable name. > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gnu.misc.discuss/ZgAIXRJCQI8/hZJJ76s22oEJ > > I wonder what ever happened to him? Whatever it may be, I don't think he's mellowing with age. http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1309.1/00905.html Paul Snyder -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
