From owner-freebsd-chat Tue May 16 16:56:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9988337B968 for ; Tue, 16 May 2000 16:56:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08895; Tue, 16 May 2000 17:55:47 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000516175053.045fb300@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:55:43 -0600 To: James Howard From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: GPL only patents Cc: Arun Sharma , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.1.2.20000515234828.04172cf0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:44 AM 5/16/2000, James Howard wrote: >On Mon, 15 May 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > > > Yes, I'm aware of this. Note that the philosophy here is that it's > > OK if the FSF enjoys the monopoly conferred by patents, but not if > > a programmer uses it to ensure that he is able to make a livelihood. > > Another example of how, in Richard Stallman's "Humpty Dumpty" > > world, some are "more equal than others." > >Does anyone else find the whole concept "predatory and anticompetitive?" Of course! That's the whole purpose of the FSF: to use the same tactics that Microsoft used to wipe out Netscape to hurt software vendors. The difference is that it's not just SOME software vendors, it's ALL of them. 16 years ago, the young Richard Stallman was traumatized when his colleagues at the MIT AI Lab depopulated his personal Nirvana by leaving to found commercial software companies. He has vowed vengeance on them and their kind ever since. While some of his writings claim more noble purposes, others -- and many of his public speeches -- let his true intentions show through. --Brett "Rules? This is the Internet." -- Dan Gillmor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message