On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:07:03AM -0500, Conrad Nelson wrote: > Debian's obsession with free software conformity is, indeed, a > weakness. Before you blast me, I'm just going to point out I > subscribe more to the Torvalds school of thought on open source, NOT > the Stallman school. Richard Stallman over-politicizes/idealizes the > idea of open source ...
No, he rejects the term "open source" entirely. He uses "Free Software". > ... tries to make it almost a moral/spiritual thing ... Moral/ethical. For Richard it isn't about usefulness or practical issues, it's literally the idea that legislating who can use software and how is evil. Disclaimer: I have met and talked with rms, though that was years ago and we've spoken maybe ten times ever. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130827151631.ga14...@panix.com
