From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 21 20:52:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24608 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:52:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp1592.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.249.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24558; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:52:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ac199@hwcn.org) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA24808; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:51:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19980721235055.A24112@zappo> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:50:55 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Brett Glass , Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction References: <199807220054.SAA21379@lariat.lariat.org> <199807212103.PAA17229@lariat.lariat.org> <199807211939.NAA15713@lariat.lariat.org> <199807212052.QAA08270@shell.monmouth.com> <199807212103.PAA17229@lariat.lariat.org> <19980722093121.E8098@freebie.lemis.com> <199807220054.SAA21379@lariat.lariat.org> <19980722103127.I8098@freebie.lemis.com> <199807220115.TAA21772@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807220115.TAA21772@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 07:15:07PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 07:15:07PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > If there is no truly neutral group (some say that Eric Raymond's Open Source > entity is neutral, but I don't know if it is or not), it should be split among > the groups participating. Or attendees should be able to select one. Is there anyone here familiar with both esr and rms who would seriously trust esr over rms with their money? Not to denigrate esr's name, but I certainly wouldn't... [Or, more accurately, "organizations controlled by [esr|rms]".] Somehow splitting the money seems to go against the whole idea of a conference involving all fractions (factions?) in the free software world. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message