Date: 22 May 2003 14:31:59 -0700 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-laden treatise on SCO vs. IBM Message-ID: <8i7k8iu0q8.k8i@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200305221641.h4MGffLR016569@dungeon.home> References: <p05200f42baf03c5204ce@[192.168.254.205]> <20030520203225.GA30587@thyrsus.com> <xxbrxxw0b0.rxx@localhost.localdomain> <20030521032701.GB32155@thyrsus.com> <10y910up7t.910@localhost.localdomain> <200305221641.h4MGffLR016569@dungeon.home>
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I removed ESR from the CC list; I doubt that he even read my last reply. Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net> writes: > >From where I sit (FreeBSD devotee, occasional Linux user, open/free source > convert) this does look very much like a theological dispute. I'll admit to taking advantage of this first (and probably last :) opportunity to converse with ESR, to express some theological things that weren't required to support my main points about unfair statements in ESR's treatise. But there WAS non-theological stuff in there. > I can't see why you are so peeved that while he's defending Linux from the > wolves he's not also pushing BSD. I also don't see why he should spend time > in a pro-Linux document bagging the GPL. You can't see why I'm peeved about that because I'm not. And I agree with your second sentence. > I can understand why some people don't like the GPL, and why some people > aren't entirely happy with the GNU philosopy, but this document isn't the > place to explore that issue. I agree. Nor should it be a place to spread misinformation about it. > Wouldn't it be much worse if nobody defended Linux and SCO crushed it? Yes. And it would be better if people didn't knowingly confuse other people to win an argument too. > Where would all the "count the angels on a pin head" arguments get you > then? To the same place as in the alternative. Responding to such questions was probably as useful as counting angles. P.S. The SCO suits aren't going to have a significant direct impact on Linux, regardless of ESR's treatise. It's value (and harm) lies in its education (and mis-education) of readers in AND AROUND the open source world. And anyone's comments on ESR's treatise will have even less effect on the SCO suits, if that's possible.home | help
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