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Date:      Sun, 23 Aug 1998 08:41:06 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remark from Nick Petreley
Message-ID:  <199808231441.IAA01078@lariat.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <19980823041842.A924@notabene.zer0.org>
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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


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