On Mar 18, 2007, at 9:31 PM, SW wrote:
1. We have nothing to hide. Theo wrote he would post the mails
in public, I told him to do so. There's nothing private in those
mails. Everybody has a right to know what was going on, read every
bit.
I did, and suggest you do the same.
2. I asked Theo if OpenBSD has objections to this campaign. Theo
wrote that only BSDs with no Blobs should be on the poster. That's
OpenBSD policy. FreeBSD and NetBSD have a different policy. Theo
wanted OpenBSD removed from that poster, we did it. Theo claimed
that Stop Blob! is OpenBSD "intellectual property" so we changed
it to "No Blob!". If OpenBSD wants to improve the "Stop Blob!"
campaign
please stop complaining and contribute. I wish OpenBSD the very best
and hope they will be able to succeed in any way.
What does FreeBSD's policy have to do with anything. It's *YOUR*
campaign, you should determine your own policy. Presumably, if your
goal is to STOP BLOBs, then why would you include FreeBSD as a
"sponsor", since they include BLOBs in their distribution?
3. FreeBSD has Blobs, there's no need for admitting, read the FreeBSD
cvs, this is not a secret.
Again, why are you being hypocritical by including a BLOB-friendly OS
in your campaign? You're part of the problem, not the solution.
4. You think the only way to fight Blobs is totally abandon them.
All the
other BSDs have a different opinion. Because we have a different
opinion
how too achieve something (we all want free documentation) doesn't
mean
we like Blobs, NDAs or something. Yes, I am a FreeBSD-guy to the
bone and I
don't like Blobs nor that I am using them. And I will not do any sort
of armchair quarterbacking. I will fight and tell the public what's
going on and why I don't like it.
Hypocrite.
5. OpenBSD thinks there should be no possibility whatsoever to use
Blobs.
FreeBSD thinks it's up to the user to decide what's best for him. And
maybe that will include competition between Open Source BSD-licensed
drivers and Blobs. You can use Nvidia graphics drivers in FreeBSD and
you can use xorg. You can use NVE or NFE soon. That's freedom of
choice,
Free as in FreeBSD (and NetBSD and DragonFly BSD etc.).
Hypocrite.
6. Go on with your fight for free documentation but please stop
fighting
all other BSDs. It will lead to absolutely no good.
You're wrong. And you're the problem. BY INCLUDING THEM IN YOUR
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLOBS, YOU CONDONE THEIR ACTIONS.
--
Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
