From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 4 12:25:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.global.net.uk (sand2.global.net.uk [195.147.246.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC90514CEC for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:25:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p67s07a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.215.104] helo=marder-1.) by sand2.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11C6eh-0006lb-00; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:24:51 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id UAA00510; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:18:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:18:46 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: David Schwartz Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Al Gore wants out source code! Message-ID: <19990804201846.F272@marder-1> References: <19990804195957.B272@marder-1> <002201bedead$6f4abcb0$021d85d1@youwant.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <002201bedead$6f4abcb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:13:29PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:13:29PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > 'In the spirit of the Open Source movement, we have established > > the Gore 2000 Volunteer Source Code Project. www.algore2000.com is > > an "open site" > > ..... > > So does this mean I can take anything I like off of his web > page, modify it as I see fit, and then distribute it? I doubt it or his political opponents would have a field day :-) > If not, it's not in the spirit of the Open Source movement at > all. The OS movement is not about 100 volunteers submitting > modifications in private to one person for exclusive use by that one > person. > I think this is more a case of someone who doesn't have the first clue about what Open Source is, or the Internet for that matter. The article I referred to also included: 'Gore likes to boost his profile as a promoter of high tech and caused ROFLs from the computer cognosenti last May by claiming: "During my servide in the US Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet" ' > DS > > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message