From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Aug 22 13:57:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05716 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from notabene.zer0.org (sac-port387.jps.net [209.63.247.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05708 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:57:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter@n1.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by notabene.zer0.org (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA08321 for chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19980822135700.J924@notabene.zer0.org> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:57:00 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remark from Nick Petreley References: <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 01:21:29PM -0600 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [-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