Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 20:22:54 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <391F516E.50724051@asme.org> References: <20000514213039.F226137B752@hub.freebsd.org> <391F3407.10D69B19@asme.org> <20000515045317.A27171@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > i dont believe that atheists are evil. i am not too concerned > > > with what people believe, its how they act that matters to me (speech > > > is an act, especially if one convinces others to act). > > > > > > > It's a matter of religion...and those are deep waters. My understanding > > is that the most important of the commandments is to love God above > > everything else. Yo deny him, and to make people lose faith is a serious > > offense. > > Become a Buddhist. You aren't asked to have belief in anything, only > to act properly and have compassion. If Stallman is evil because he > is atheist, a huge number of other eminent people are evil too. > FWIW, in Karate I was taught that Buddhism is not really a Religion, but rather a philosophy. Buddhism is not an option for me...I have real life reasons to believe in God. > > > Stallman "receives satisfaction in harming others"? I dont > > > know what factual information this is based on.... > > > > He is happy with the work he has done, hasn't he? He shows in his > > writings hatred against commercial software writers. He harms commercial > > software with his license and he knows it. Pablo Escobar, whom you've > > probably heard of, was also thought to be a saint in Medellin because he > > built houses for many poor people while he was on political campaign. I > > don't have any idea how many North American parents still cry when they > > see what their kids did with that money. > > > > I am not saying Stallman is Hitler, but the fact that he does some good > > things and that he is popular doesn't mean he is not evil. > > This is atrocious. How does his license harm commercial software? > Would you prefer that he used a commercial license? The people who > wrote that software chose that license, if you don't like it don't use > it, but don't argue that it harms you merely by existing. He argues > against commercial software, but you're free to agree with him or not. > You can't call a man evil for holding some opinions and voicing them. > http://www.daemonnews.org/199906/gpl-evil.html cheers, Pedro. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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