Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:57:28 +0300 From: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Light humour Message-ID: <517E6028.9040509@digsys.bg> In-Reply-To: <201304290941.r3T9etSe046446@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201304290941.r3T9etSe046446@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 29.04.13 12:40, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Daniel Kalchev wrote: >> On Apr 29, 2013, at 2:37 AM, Diane Bruce <db@db.net> wrote: >> >>> http://www.softpanorama.org/Copyright/License_classification/social_r= oots_of_GPL.shtml >> By any measure a very good one. Could use some editing of course to ma= ke it easier to comprehend for readers of different cultures though =85 a= nd simplify English sentences . :) >> >> Daniel > I suggest others save time & not read URL above, > A skim finds pretentious verbiage, socioligist's analysis > of different views of GPL v BSD people v. Stallman ... > "throughout the XIX century into the early XX" > > Cheers, > Julian > You just prove that guy's point. Ironically, as with everything else -=20 any "don't read it" plea has exactly the opposite effect. My observation is that the typical "Russian soul" kind of=20 thinking/expression is pretty much incomprehensible in the "western"=20 world. Some real gems are often ignored/lost because of this. As is, by=20 the way the concept of "Intelligentsia" which is in the core of that=20 particular article. The author rightly points out that the different licensing models and=20 the resulting different culture (of development, administration, usage)=20 in the Linux and BSD worlds is the result of different perception and=20 values. The different knowledge and understanding of the .. world too,=20 plays a role. It's just like with how humans grow trough their life, you = have one set of values as a child, other as young/adult and yet another=20 as a senior person. Daniel
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