Dear all (esp. Robin and Donovan), Thanks for taking this discussion off-list to the ycombinator site. My two penith is below which I think no one would disagree with.
If anyone wants to attend one of Richard Stallman's talks then there's one arranged for Aberystwyth - 31 October, and Oxford - 4 November (full diary here: http://www.fsf.org/events/rms-speeches.html). I think there is also one in London on Thursday 3 November at CAST which is part of Goldsmiths College (see www.castlondon.com) but it doesn't seem to be in Stallman's diary. Let me know if you want more details. Re. Richard Stallman, whatever you think of him personally, and indeed the very detailed notes he distributes to people who are thinking of hosting one of his talks then there's no doubting the value of his work - surely? I would say that the GNU General Public License (GPL), which was his work as I understand it, was an innovation - actually a tremendous innovation possibly on a par with the invention of the transistor or integrated circuit. Don't forget that when Linus Torvalds released his kernal, it was under the GPL. We don't know what would have happened if Linus hadn't decided to do that. However, I suspect that Linus Torvalds would be largely unknown and his kernal would be as unused as other projects which stayed propriety i.e. not released under a Free Software/ Open Source license. And of course, we all benefit from software released under the GPL. Best wishes Andrew Andrew Wood, Oxford. ------------ Quoting Robin Houston <[email protected]>: > That's my fault, if fault it be. I hope I haven't upset anyone. I thought it > was too funny and interesting not to share. > > Robin > > Sent from my telephone > > On 26 Oct 2011, at 22:01, Donovan Hide <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3159210 > > > > On 26 October 2011 21:32, David Griprop <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Andrew, I read all of Richard Stallman's email that you forwarded. > >> Don't book him. His rider is hilarious. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> developers-public mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > >> > >> Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/donovanhide%40gmail.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > developers-public mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/robin%40mysociety.org > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/andrew%40gn.apc.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
