In gnu.misc.discuss Rjack <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> Linus Torvads licenses Linux under GPL2, and created Linux to mesh >> with GNU software. Eric Raymond still contributes to GNU >> software. And all these people treat each other with respect, and >> when they disagree, they express that disagreement in a high >> quality and respectful manner. > I have to agree with Alan: Hey, thanks! > http://www.linuxtoday.com/mailprint.php3?action=pv<sn=2001-08-17-016-20-OP-CY > Eric Raymond: Freedom, Power, or Confusion? [ESR on debate between > O'Reilly and FSF]: > "In other words, Stallman and Kuhn want to be able to make decisions > that affect other developers more than themselves. By the definition > they themselves have proposed, they want power. > Perplexing, isn't it? Tim and the FSFers both claim to stand for > `freedom'. Both assert that each others' definition of "freedom" is > actually a covert form of control, a claim of power over others. The > only difference is in who the victims of "Powerplay Zero" are, users > or developers." The fact is, any exercise of freedom impinges on somebody else in some fashion. The GPL, by rigorously preserving the freedom of all to amend a program, necessarily restricts the freedom of those who wish to incorporate a GPL program into proprietary code. GPL has gone one way on this choice, BSD has gone the other way. > Eric Raymond speaks simple, gospel truth without ad hominem attacks! Yes. > Sincerely, > Rjack -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
