Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:55:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remark from Nick Petreley Message-ID: <19980826175544.H14420@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199808231441.IAA01078@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 08:41:06AM -0600 References: <199808230107.TAA27100@lariat.lariat.org> <199808222241.QAA26221@lariat.lariat.org> <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> <19980822135700.J924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808222241.QAA26221@lariat.lariat.org> <19980822162831.N924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808230107.TAA27100@lariat.lariat.org> <19980823041842.A924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808231441.IAA01078@lariat.lariat.org>
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On Sunday, 23 August 1998 at 8:41:06 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:18 AM 8/23/98 -0700, Gregory Sutter wrote: > >>> You're quoting my remarks out of context. You should print the absurd and >>> outrageous remarks to which I was responding. >> >> To which you responded with the quoted absurd and outrageous remarks, >> which makes you no less a zealot than the more radical defenders of GNU. > > Again, not in context. In many cases, I'm parodying their style and their > rashness for humorous effect. I don't like to make disagreements public, but in this case I think I must. Brett, I tend to agree with Nicholas and Greg. Your messages *do* portray the impression that you're a GNU or Linux basher, and I haven't seen any humour in your messages. If that was the intention, you obviously failed. On the whole (and after reviewing mail exchanges with you over the last 6 months), I get the impression that your messages on the Net are harming FreeBSD more than they are helping. >> Not everyone automagically believes GPL == death. > > Agreed. However, GPLing code does represent the death of opportunities for > entrepreneurship, and of a race between commercial and non-commercial > products. > I do find this sad. Over the course of the years, I have made a lot of money out of GPL software. Like Greg Sutter, I have also released software under the GPL, but that doesn't mean I will always do so. If you can't find a way to make money out of the GPL (and assuming you want to), then maybe that's the question you should be looking at. >> Like I said, there's room for both out there, and your actions are trying >> to limit people's options just as the GPL-only camp's are. And after >> all, isn't "freedom to choose, freedom to use" what Open Source is all >> about? > > I don't think that the GPL allows "freedom to use." It only allows "freedom > to be a user." Big difference. I don't see one, but quite honestly, I don't care, either. In summary: if you want to help FreeBSD, consider how other people see you. I'm not asking you to change your opinions, just to keep quiet at the right times :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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