Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2011-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 01 ian 11, 23:35:34, Brad Alexander wrote: Look, I am as much for free software as the rest, but I think the FSF tends to start brush fires to justify their own existence. I believe they have done some good work, but many things they do seem to be counterproductive to the cause. For

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2011-01-01 Thread Brad Alexander
Look, I am as much for free software as the rest, but I think the FSF tends to start brush fires to justify their own existence. I believe they have done some good work, but many things they do seem to be counterproductive to the cause. For instance, their latest attack, on Linus Torvalds,

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 12. 2010 05:45:58 je Nate Bargmann napisal(a): * On 2010 30 Dec 12:50 -0600, Brad Alexander wrote: I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many people can be anger by this but I find that BSD licences are the best exponent for the true and unconditional user freedom.

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-31 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:47:15 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many people can be anger by this but I find that BSD licences are the best exponent for the true and unconditional user freedom. I agree with Camaleón. Not to end 2010 with a flame war,

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 30 dec 10, 18:40:57, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:11:43 -0800, S Mathias wrote: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/754fee75-c5a0-4542- bf9b-47f236c0a90b/default.aspx Any comments? Additional information: http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/2010/12/News180.html

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-31 Thread John Hasler
Brad Alexander writes: Not to end 2010 with a flame war, but this is the one thing that irritates me most about the FSF. They advocate free software, which is a laudable goal, but they seem to only acknowledge it *if* you conform to their definition of free. The FSF explicitly acknowledges

[OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-30 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:11:43 -0800, S Mathias wrote: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/754fee75-c5a0-4542- bf9b-47f236c0a90b/default.aspx Any comments? Additional information: http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/2010/12/News180.html I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-30 Thread Brad Alexander
I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many people can be anger by this but I find that BSD licences are the best exponent for the true and unconditional user freedom. I agree with Camaleón. Not to end 2010 with a flame war, but this is the one thing that irritates me most about the

Re: [OT] Re: microsoft.com - NetBSD

2010-12-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2010 30 Dec 12:50 -0600, Brad Alexander wrote: I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many people can be anger by this but I find that BSD licences are the best exponent for the true and unconditional user freedom. I agree with Camaleón. Not to end 2010 with a flame war, but