Hi Andrew, I don't have an opinion either way on Mr Stallman's dietary requirements and didn't contribute to the Hacker News page, just shared the link. Someone, however. is now trying to unsubscribe me from this list:
>> Mailing list removal confirmation notice for mailing list >> developers-public >> >> We have received a request for the removal of your email address, >> "[email protected]" from the [email protected] >> mailing list. To confirm that you want to be removed from this >> mailing list, simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: >> header intact. Or visit this web page: Cheers, Donovan. On 27 October 2011 09:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/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/archive%40mail-archive.com
