From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 19:26:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F3F110A8 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:26:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id UAA29981; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:26:14 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990222201937.00977b90@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:25:50 -0700 To: Jon Hamilton From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: GPL issues (Was: More important Windows Refund Day coverage) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990223031602.E088B46688@pobox.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:16 PM 2/22/99 -0600, Jon Hamilton wrote: >} Gee, I guess I'm also "hurting" my neighbors by not giving them my >} car, my house, and the contents of my bank account. > >You'll convince more people to see things your way if you dial back the >antagonism several dozen notches and make your points in a calm manner >without the needless rhetoric. There is some substance behind your >position, but you're unlikely to sway anyone by insulting them and >metaphorically kicking them in the head. Er, "Boot to the head?" ;-) Seriously, though, I know I verge on the sarcastic side here. I'm doing so to point out the silliness of the argument being presented. Alas, I have found that very few adherents of the GPL are willing to listen to critiques of it (this one in particular seems to be at the extreme end of the spectrum, having expressed the belief -- as Stallman does -- that the concept of intellectual property is evil). I'm not very hopeful that this person will listen -- but I figure my best chance is to show him just how extreme and untenable a stance he's taking. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message