On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 07:09 -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > GNUspeak: These are definitely not the views of the GNU project. They *might* be views of the self-styled "Linux nerds" that think they are "k00l" and "eleet" because they read Slashdot, but to imply the GNU project espouses these views is, quite frankly, slanderous.
> "Give back to the community!" (which really means, "I'm the community, > gimme, gimme, gimme!") There may be some in the free software movement that think like this, but this is far from a majority view. > "Free as in Freedom!" (but "Free as in no monetary charge" beats > the hell out of taking a stand) Again, Richard Stallman's famous speech makes it clear monetary charge is not the reason for the free software movement. > Free software: It's all about the price. > The rest of the talk about "freedom", etc. is just trying to keep > them from looking like cheap, greedy bastards. > At least for an awful lot of 'em. You know, it's fine if you hate the GPL. But I'll be damned if I just sit here and let you spread outright Goddamned *lies* about the free software movement and the people that represent it. I'm not cheap. I'm not greedy. All I am after, is the freedom to use my computer the way I want to without Microsoft, Apple, Google, AOL, Adobe, Real, or other large companies being able to step in and say "no you can't do that, it's not in our (financial) best interests to let you". For me, it's always been about freedom. I would think for most of the free software movement that truly knows what's going on, it *is* about freedom. While it may be seen as distateful to make modifications to BSD-licensed code, and place those modifications under the GPL or a similar "share alike" license, based upon what I understand of copyright law, it's perfectly legal. Even though BSD-style licenses are compatible with the GPL, there are perfectly acceptable social goals achieved only by releasing under the GPL or a similar license. -- Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
