On 11/10/2015 2:53 PM, Mike Small wrote:
I like his term "cooperative software." This way of thinking solves
for me the trouble I sometimes have to keep my positive feelings
for copyleft while being constantly exposed to the sometimes vitriolic
anti-copyleft sentiment over in the BSD lists. But perhaps it
sounds too left wing to be tactically sound for the FSF to adopt.
And then they'd have to change their acronym, among other things.
RMS can be.... Hm. Stubborn is a nicely politic word to use. He can be
stubborn about words and what they mean in his mind. In a recent
discussion about English words that mean free as in freedom in which he
lamented the necessity of borrowing libre I suggested the word
independence (as in "Declaration of"). Independence (or independent)
software, as in independent from onerous, burdensome licenses.
His response was, and I quote, "I don't buy it."
I wasn't terribly surprised. RMS has gone on record that he listens to
advice and criticism only from his supporters.
--
Rich P.
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