On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:33:12PM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > From: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms@xxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: that old GNU/Linux argument > > To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 12:25 PM > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 01:41:36PM -0500, Les Mikesell > > wrote: > > > Antonio Olivares wrote: > > >> But GNU utilities exist in *BSD camps as well, and > > the name GNU/*BSD is > > >> not used or required. A page explains that since > > Linux Distributions > > >> are more popular than *BSD distributions, it makes > > much more sense to > > >> attach to a more successful project. > > > > > > Not to the same extent. The BSD's maintain their > > own versions of the c > > > library and most userland tools so as to provide > > everyone with > > > unrestricted copies in yet another waste of time and > > effort dictated by > > > the GPL. > > > > Actually, that's the BSD maintainers's choice, > > dictated by irrational hate[1] > > of the GNU GPL. > > > > [1] at least from some, extremely rude and hypocrit, folks. > > > > Now, I join other calls to stop this endless discussion. > > Les Mikesell or > > Antonio Olivares aren't worth it, Alex. > > <rant> > You are very much worth it! What makes you any better than me > or Les Mikesell? Nothing, but I'm not talking about me being "better", but of you not being worth the most valuable time of people like Alexandre Oliva or Alan Cox. > This has nothing to do with the discussion, > but more of a personal attack because we do not agree with your > purist ways. You are not even pure yourself. Only one was pure > and that was Jesus Christ. Well, I'm certainly not going to argue against someone who uses religion as an argument :) Rui -- Grudnuk demand sustenance! Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 63rd day of Confusion in the YOLD 3174 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
