On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> - License fixed (see my previous post) > > > I'll do this if need be. But I need much more convincing. > I often tell BSD folks that the GPL is like disciplined organizing (like cadre-based organizations) -- or it's a substitute for that in a general culture that doesn't much appreciate that sort of thing. Hard core organizer types are often abrasive to many people, but discipline and formal protocols are highly advisable when taking on a suitably large and insidious foe (which is not capitalism in this case, though I doubt you misunderstand that about RMS and the free software folks). I find myself able to get along well enough with both camps -- and have worked with RMS directly on numerous occasions, but I attribute that to having done some decidedly "rigorous" labor organizing work. RMS is a very fortunate thing for computer logic liberation -- perhaps in large measure because of a condition which he has acknowledged on more than several occasions that he might have, he has provided the intensely principled activity and leadership for 20 years that most people don't really understand the fundamental importance of. I've been at the receiving end of RMS's intensity numerous times, but I have never, ever seen that in anything but the most appreciative spirit. We really owe so much to the guy, and specifically to his "intensely principled" -- if you want to see that as an euphemism, then so be it -- approach to life and his cause, as well as to the singularly powerful reverse jiu jitsu of the GPL. If you can appreciate that the GPL serves a special purpose, you might find more avenues for accommodation, I don't know . . . Seth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
