From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Aug 23 07:42:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA22971 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 07:42:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA22966 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 07:42:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id IAA01078; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 08:41:31 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808231441.IAA01078@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.49 (Beta) Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 08:41:06 -0600 To: Gregory Sutter , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Remark from Nick Petreley In-Reply-To: <19980823041842.A924@notabene.zer0.org> References: <199808230107.TAA27100@lariat.lariat.org> <199808222241.QAA26221@lariat.lariat.org> <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> <19980822135700.J924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808222241.QAA26221@lariat.lariat.org> <19980822162831.N924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808230107.TAA27100@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:18 AM 8/23/98 -0700, Gregory Sutter wrote: >> You're quoting my remarks out of context. You should print the absurd and >> outrageous remarks to which I was responding. > >To which you responded with the quoted absurd and outrageous remarks, >which makes you no less a zealot than the more radical defenders of GNU. Again, not in context. In many cases, I'm parodying their style and their rashness for humorous effect. >Not everyone automagically believes GPL == death. Agreed. However, GPLing code does represent the death of opportunities for entrepreneurship, and of a race between commercial and non-commercial products. I do find this sad. >Like I said, there's room for both out there, and your actions are trying >to limit people's options just as the GPL-only camp's are. And after >all, isn't "freedom to choose, freedom to use" what Open Source is all >about? I don't think that the GPL allows "freedom to use." It only allows "freedom to be a user." Big difference. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message