Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 20:50:24 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <391F57E0.D356FEC0@asme.org> References: <20000514233807.AB9B337BA82@hub.freebsd.org>
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"Jonathan M. Bresler" wrote:
>
...
> the faith vs works debate has raged for centuries. i prefer
> the one that clothes and feeds the poor and may or may not have any
> faith over the believer that doesnt quite get around to helping
> others. Perhaps I am wrong, or you may think me evil, to espouse such
> a position.
>
I don't think you are evil...the problem is that people that sin (RMS in
this case) rarely do it consciously..they almost always think they are
doing something good but they aren't.
>
> i have never seen any hate in his writings. his critics often
> talk of hate. you removed the part of my email concerning showing
> the man a little gratitude for the software that he has helped make
> freely available to you. i am interested in your thoughts on that
> matter.
>
We do owe much to RMS; I recognize the free software concept he created
is invaluable for the world community. I have always thought that RMS
has good intentions, but I have the right to disagree on his way of
enforcing his ideas.
I try to avoid using GPL'd software (yes I do prefer commercial
software), however this is impossible since there is no reasonable
replacement to software like gcc. I don't contribute to GPL'd software
either, but I don't think there is nothing wrong in using it even when I
don't like the license. When I read the license it was also clear that
the license only applies to modifying and redistributing the software
but not on it's use. In sum I thank him for the good software but there
isn't much difference between a packaged binary and software covered by
the GPL.
>
> Pablo Escobar is not to blame for the illegal narcotics habits
> in this country. He certainly is to blame for his role in making
> these substances available. Differentiating between the two is
> important. Otherwise, one might come to believe that getting rid of
> Pablo Escobar would solve the problem. He's gone. The problem
> remains.
>
I am Colombian. You don't have idea of what you are talking about.
Northamericans are the only ones to blame for making the substances
available. We have never cared a bit about who exports illegal drugs;
the Escobar problem became real when he planted bombs in the main
cities. People like him started rotting the country and soon it was too
late...
> > 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.
>
> Isnt there a Usenet rule about invoking Hitler in a thread?
>
This is not Usenet :-)...Ah well, I didn't know ...sorry. Email doesn't
reflect it but I am not angry with anyone...we all do evil things all
the time without knowing.
> Well, I have said my piece/peace.
>
Take it easy...
cheers,
Pedro.
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