Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:57:00 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remark from Nick Petreley Message-ID: <19980822135700.J924@notabene.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 01:21:29PM -0600 References: <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org>
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[-advocacy removed] On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 01:21:29PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > This week in InfoWorld, Nick Petreley wrote: > > "FreeBSD fans often resent the popularity of Linux and some consider > Richard Stallman the antichrist because he believes in making open source > software mandatory." > > (See http://forums.infoworld.com/threads/get.cgi?70162 for context.) > > This is, of course, a mischaracterization on several counts. Those on this > list should write ick and explain to him that FreeBSD advocates don't > "resent" the popularity of Linux but rather believe that FreeBSD is > underrecognized. And also that advocacy of the Berkeley license over the > GPL isn't "considering Richard Stallman the Antichrist" -- it's a > realistic, practical stance that's NOT motivated by Stallman's > anti-business ideology. Brett, _Your_ previous comments on Stallman, more than anyone else on these lists (that I've heard from), are the ones which I would consider closest to Petreley's statement above. Practice what you preach. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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