Re: Essay RFC delayed.

1999-08-24 Thread Paul Crowley
"Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not a contributor myself to GNOME, but I suspect that many of > the contributors are from the "wanting software which doesn't suck" > category more than they are the "It's freedom baby! Yeah!" camp. Please try and characterise the beliefs you'

Re: Essay RFC delayed.

1999-08-24 Thread John Cowan
Brian Behlendorf scripsit: > That would be incorrect, at least from my vantage point. A core principle > of the Open Source Definition is the right to fork - which is, the right > to share and change software beyond the control of the original party. The right to fork is like the right to str

Re: Essay RFC delayed.

1999-08-24 Thread Alejandro Forero Cuervo
> However, Eric and the Open Source movement deliberately avoid the > issues that I focus on most: issues of principle. They do not say > that we deserve freedom to share and change software, That would be incorrect, at least from my vantage point. A core principl