Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 20:43:43 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: branding Message-ID: <35BFEBEF.82BA6DC6@ibm.net> References: <35BF334C.5D5F40BD@ibm.net> <19980729104951.A14984@snark.thyrsus.com>
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Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net>: > > Like what you're doing, but why are the BSD's not mentioned in your > > 'software that qualifies' group? > > Because there's no profit-making entity behind it. > -- > <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a> > > The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never > give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma. > -- Abraham Lincoln Eric, that statement is tragic. To me, the crux of open source must be that we _all_ are the profit-making entity behind FreeBSD and all other true freeware. We are not less viable because of a lack of such corporate connection. Your statement implies that your only interest in open source is to advance the commercial prospects of a company that were to release visibility of its code without right of use. That is anathema to the true spirit of the entire free release movement that began with that extra computer at Bell Labs. We all profit forom true release of software... some in money, others in use, still others in benefit. Please, Eric... rethink your position!!! It's fine to study and use that commercial-openware model, but do not fail to use your podium to also advance the real computer revolution. Linus started from that tradition, don't abandon it. -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ _________ ___==__ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [dwilde1 @ ibm.net] [ = = ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo---oo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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