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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:57:10 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        dan@langille.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010424195603.045528b0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <15073.19371.99471.534039@guru.mired.org>
References:  <200104210008.RAA14599@usr07.primenet.com> <15071.59246.855623.766901@guru.mired.org> <200104210008.RAA14599@usr07.primenet.com>

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At 02:58 AM 4/21/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>Focusing on one particular business model - whether it's
>productization or improved efficiency - leads to idiotic claims like
>"The GPL will reduce programmers to penury."

The GPL's goal is to do that.... Stallman says so himself. As it
happens, it will not reduce ALL programmers to penury -- only
the worthy ones, because their efforts to start businesses will
not get off the ground. Microsoft is safe.

--Brett


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