On Jul 22, 2008, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here's Linus's take on it... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > We're "open source", and we're not a religion. Attack on the Free Software movements' social concerns, mislabeled as religion. > We don't "twist peoples arms". ?!? Is this about a misunderstanding of the GPL, of the FSF strategy of education to build up market pressure, or about the verbal violence of his followers to take credit for all the work that went into the GNU operating system and promote their own philosophy over GNU's? > We don't force it, we don't twist it, and it's ok not to > believe in the GPL or our ideals. Attack on the false assumption that the GPL is the only acceptable license for the Free Software movement (a very common misconception), on social responsibility, and on seeking the common good. > In fact, "our ideals" aren't even one unified thing to begin with. Each for one's own, and proud of it. Right and wrong, good and evil, are for each to decide on his/her own, screw the rest; we don't even want to discuss it. > We also don't try to pervert copyright into a "you have to _use_ things > in a certain way". We don't think "fair use" is a bad thing. Attack on the FSF based on an outright lie or misunderstanding. > It's not a religion, and it's not about suppressing other people and other > viewpoints. Except in as much as suppressing the GNU philosophy by renaming the GNU operating system, of course, and then remaining silent when his followers oppose violently those who ask this unfair situation to be corrected. > ------------------------------------------------------- > That is a man that I can follow. Veiled and explicit attacks based on lies or misunderstandings, that make himself look good while badmouthing, stepping and shitting all over those who paved the way for his success. What a great example, indeed. :-/ -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} FSFLA Board Member ¡Sé Libre! => http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
