Simon Phipps wrote:
On Feb 11, 2007, at 13:28, Bill Rushmore wrote:
I totally agree Giacomo. As much as I have tried, I just can't
interested in the licensing discussions. As someone who wants to use
the fruits of OpenSolaris for my own use and to make a living writing
software for the platform the differences in licensing just don't
have much of an impact. For the most part as long as it is open
source is all I care. I also believe that type of license isn't the
main factor of the success, the quality of the OS and the community
as a whole is.
This is a difficult subject. In a democracy, the voters ultimately
take responsibility for everything, not just the things they think are
interesting and fun. I thus get worried when I hear the idea of saying
"this is nothing to do with me" being asserted about complex or
controversial topics. This is not to criticise you, Bill, I have have
heard this from many people now.
Excellent point Simon and that is probably why most of us live in
republics. My preference is that I would rather see people who know
what they are doing in this area work on this. I know for me, I have
tried to look a this subject objectively but my decisions always come
down based on emotion because like you said, this is a complex topic. I
for one would love to see the irony fulfilled of GNU Not UNIX but...
If we had a complex controversial technical issue with the kernel would
we open it up to everyone's decision or would only people with the
expertise be involved?
Bill
rushmores.net
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