Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:03:12 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no>, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's problems as seen by the BSDForen.de community Message-ID: <47878530.9070707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080111145107.GA82524@nagual.pp.ru> References: <47873174.4040802@gmail.com> <3648.1200043092@critter.freebsd.dk> <20080111092015.GA17702@freebie.xs4all.nl> <478735A5.7050307@gmail.com> <863at4fx1a.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080111122635.GA80432@nagual.pp.ru> <478768CA.2000401@gmail.com> <20080111145107.GA82524@nagual.pp.ru>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrey Chernov wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 08:02:02AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >>> <conspiracy hat on>Is Aryeh funded by Microsoft?</conspiracy >>> hat off> :) >> There are more direct ways to ruin FOSS then what I am >> purposing... > > Interesting remark, are you confessing to? :) not exactly but I am confessing to a belief that FOSS as in free beer can never work long term, *BUT* traditional closed source solutions are even worse. > As fall of the USSR proves, indirect ways are much more powerfull, > than direct ones (like declaring war, etc.) Fanatics (even those purposing middle ground solutions) always fall into this trap (my self included)... now that being said only a fanatic would at least take an honest look at any possible method. > > To speak seriously, any optional addition is confusing and > misdirecting bla-bla (considering the possibility to ignore it) and > any non-optional one immediatelly makes strong legal problems for > users. > If you had read the whole thread I never made any mention that it should be required just that it be allowed for. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools. http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. "Free software != Free beer" Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHh4UwjRvRjGmHRgQRAvhrAKCvqpRFFAYw3hG1ZRljl4c4uxdppQCcCC29 0Iv6tbyN63Gc2StQIvNB9DQ= =j1Nm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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