> any sufficiently poorly worded argument is indistinguishable from trolling.
Is that original? I want to quote it. A lot. - Korny On 14 Nov 2013 01:42, "Paul L. Snyder" <p...@pataprogramming.com> wrote: > 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. > -- -- 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.
