Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:25:56 -0300 Josenildo Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > I see you point and I agree with you, but I'd like to add something > else to the stew. For what it is worth. > > We are political and ideological beings and there is no escaping from > it. If you do something

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 13:10, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hi! > > On Mon 2003-09-01 at 00:00:59 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I was at the frozen bubble game site and there was this bit about > > free software: > > > > " > > > > Free software is a very interesting (and important) concep

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On 13 Sep 2003 12:23:26 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I think you can and should say the same for Mandrakesoft and Mandrake > the community as well. the GPL version is all GPL to the best of > anyones ability, as far as I know. I'm not putting down Mandrake, I am commending Debian

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 12:09, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:43:27 +0200 > Benjamin Pflugmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Just to clarify. RMS does not want the Linux kernel name to have any > > "GNU" extension. What RMS wants is that Linux based *distributions* > > and anyone re

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 18:10:42 +0200 Benjamin Pflugmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > This is in reference to statements from Linus Torvalds such as: > (taken from: http://lwn.net/2002/0425/a/ideology-sucks.php3) > > Quite frankly, I don't _want_ people using Linux for ideological > reasons.

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

Hi! On Mon 2003-09-01 at 00:00:59 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I was at the frozen bubble game site and there was this bit about > free software: > > " > > Free software is a very interesting (and important) concept. It was > brought to mankind by Richard M. Stallman, the founder of th

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:43:27 +0200 Benjamin Pflugmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Just to clarify. RMS does not want the Linux kernel name to have any > "GNU" extension. What RMS wants is that Linux based *distributions* > and anyone referring to such Linux based distributions by the label > "L

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Mon 2003-09-01 at 05:18:33 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > He is, I think this is because of an arguement between RS and Linus > whereby RS wanted linux henseforth refered to as GNU linux. (Thereby > getting lots of publicity for GNU and RS..) Just to clarify. RMS does not want the Linu

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds (follow-up)

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:28:59 +0300 Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 20:08, robin wrote: > > Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > > > >> ... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus > > >>Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and > > >suporter o

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds (follow-up)

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 20:08, robin wrote: > Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > >> ... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus > >>Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and suporter of > >>free software .. & stuff lik that ... > >> > >> > >> > > > >I can't be s

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 20:08, robin wrote: > Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > >> ... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus > >>Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and suporter of > >>free software .. & stuff lik that ... > >> > >> > >> > > > >I can't be s

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

Inhabitant of Zion wrote: ... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and suporter of free software .. & stuff lik that ... I can't be sure but as others have expressed it may be something to do with the name (i.e G

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

> only the author knows what he was thinking about. > anyone who tries to > explain what someone else thinks (like the author was in reference to > Linus Torvalds, apparently the author believes he can know what Mr. > Torvalds thinks) should be looked on with a great deal of healthy > skepticism, i

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

> > ... please somebody explain to what's that part about Linus > Torvalds ... I thought he was the founder of Linux ... and suporter of > free software .. & stuff lik that ... > I can't be sure but as others have expressed it may be something to do with the name (i.e GNU/Linux vs Linux).

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

Anarky wrote: Margot wrote: Anarky wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On 31 Aug 2003 17:13:58 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: since actions (to me anyway) speak louder than words. well, unless you yell really really really loud... (-: :-)) a joke .. a joke I enjoy even on mand

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

Margot wrote: Anarky wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On 31 Aug 2003 17:13:58 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: since actions (to me anyway) speak louder than words. well, unless you yell really really really loud... (-: :-)) a joke .. a joke I enjoy even on mandrake list .. yea

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

Anarky wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On 31 Aug 2003 17:13:58 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: since actions (to me anyway) speak louder than words. well, unless you yell really really really loud... (-: :-)) a joke .. a joke I enjoy even on mandrake list .. yeay!! PS: I'm real

Re: [newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 17:00, Anarky wrote: > I was at the frozen bubble game site and there was this bit about > free software: > > " > > Free software is a very interesting (and important) concept. It was > brought to mankind by Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free > Software Foun

[newbie] free software & frozen bubble & Linus Torvalds

I was at the frozen bubble game site and there was this bit about free software: " Free software is a very interesting (and important) concept. It was brought to mankind by Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation . Free software is copyrighted