From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 30 21: 3:13 2000 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 124CA14E13 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:03:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA18541; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:02:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000130215650.00b16100@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:02:30 -0700 To: Christopher Masto , Greg Lehey From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Excellent Gartner Group report: Debunking Open Source Mythsc Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000128224826.A27223@netmonger.net> References: <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com> <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost> <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:48 PM 1/28/2000 , Christopher Masto wrote: >Just ignore him, he hates GNU so much, the mere mention of rms >destroys any chance he has of reacting objectively. Incorrect. I do not "hate" the GNU project or RMS. However, I do believe very strongly that both are unethical and destructive. There is also irrefutable evidence that the GPL was not the product of altruism, as some claim, but of spite on the part of a frustrated academic who resented commercial spinoffs of work done at the MIT AI Lab. The world should understand the GPL, its origins, its motives, and its intended and actual effects. The truth is that RMS is more of a pathetic figure than a hero. And the true nature of the GPL shows as well: it is an attempt to turn open source into a weapon of spite. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message