From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 9 17:10:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4651A40F9 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:10:34 -0800 (PST) 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 SAA22256; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:09:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000209175923.03e40e20@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 18:09:12 -0700 To: Greg Lehey From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: What Linus said about FreeBSD Cc: Jon Hamilton , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000210110200.N44456@freebie.lemis.com> References: <4.2.2.20000209165815.03e22a70@localhost> <20000209230436.A5D1E9B@woodstock.monkey.net> <4.2.2.20000209165815.03e22a70@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 05:32 PM 2/9/2000 , Greg Lehey wrote: >Jon, it's for reasons like this that I don't continue discussions with >Brett. If he could channel his ability into something positive, like >the Daemon News article I suggested, it would be one thing. I am, indeed, channeling most of my efforts into very positive things. My occasional explanation of the history and nature of the GPL doesn't take much of my time, but I do consider it to be important and constructive. I may yet do that Daemon News article. However, the disparaging remarks that you made earlier dissuaded me from doing so. Why volunteer my time if it won't be appreciated? I likewise dropped work on two device drivers after Mike Smith berated those projects. Don't expect me to contribute if you're going to look a gift horse in the mouth. >But it >seems that his perception of the GPL is at the centre of his being, >and nothing will shake it. I wouldn't at all say that it's at the "centre of [my] being." But I do very much believe in being ethical. One of the ways in which I AM ethical is to expose schemes such as the GPL when I see them. But if you think that this is all I do, you're wrong. I wrote a column and about half a book chapter today. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message