> I've been around for decades and know at least a few people who have > written more than 10,000 more or less freely redistributable and popular > lines. Few of them are members of either your or Mr. Stallman's > organizations, although both of you frequently claim to speak for us. in particular, neither i personally nor isc as a company shares the views expressed here by mr. raymond with respect to ietf's patent policies. i think of myself, and of isc and the various people who have written the software isc publishes, as part of what mr. raymond calls "the 5%", and i agree with mr. schryver that mr. raymond's claims of representation don't help me and might, by creating misunderstanding amongst the consumers of "open source" software, hurt me. (of course, i'm hoping that i'm one of the "few people" mr. schryver is thinking of in the above-quoted text; perhaps i'm overestimating myself.) -- Paul Vixie _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf