Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 22:01:20 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> Cc: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is Brett Glass to easy on RMS? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010505215722.04649ed0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105052345160.31300-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET > References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010505212911.00c3d3a0@localhost>
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At 09:47 PM 5/5/2001, Joseph Mallett wrote:
>NetBSD has a page about that, does FreeBSD? In any case, making a big deal
>out of it makes the BSD community look like they want publicity because of
>it.
I think that a certain amount of recognition of these points would
not be a bad thing. The integrity of the philosophy is reflected in the
integrity of the software.
>Modestly stating that freedom to use and redistribute are important to
>the community as a whole, however, is tasteful, justified, and, unlike all
>of the GPL advocacy that says the same thing, true.
Agree. But let's not soft-pedal it TOO much. To quote an old, old poem:
The codfish lays 10,000 eggs;
The common hen lays one.
The codfish never cackles
To tell us what she's done.
And so we scorn the codfish,
While the noble hen we prize....
Which only goes to show you
That it pays to advertise.
Author unknown
--Brett
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