is GPL3 a sign of the beast?
Colin McGregor
colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Feb 14 01:58:17 UTC 2007
--- Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Or, is Stallman going to sacrifice our freedom for
> support from Sun?
>
> A good introduction:
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=257
>
> zb.
No, Stallman is going to stick to his guns and push
HARD for his vision on FREE software (free as in free
speech, not necessarily free as beer). Stallman will
play ball with anyone who meets his standards, be it
GNU/Linux or someone else...
I attended a talk by Richard Stallman in 1989, and the
one thing that I really came away with was he missed
his calling as a religious prophet. In December 2006 I
exchanged e-mails with Stallman doing an interview for
the now dead Tux Magazine, and it seems he has not
changed in any signifigant degree in 17 years. For
Stallman there is his way, the right way and there is
total @#$% evil, with nothing in between.
So, this isn't a betrayal for Stallman, he has always
been clear where he stood, and like him or hate him
(and I have mixed feelings, I think every field needs
one (but only one) serious ideologue, and Stallman
fits the bill for free software...).
Colin McGregor
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