From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Aug 22 12:22:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA29246 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:22:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA29241; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:22:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA24991; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:21:34 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808221921.NAA24991@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.44 (Beta) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:21:29 -0600 To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Remark from Nick Petreley Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This week in InfoWorld, Nick Petreley wrote: "FreeBSD fans often resent the popularity of Linux and some consider Richard Stallman the antichrist because he believes in making open source software mandatory." (See http://forums.infoworld.com/threads/get.cgi?70162 for context.) This is, of course, a mischaracterization on several counts. Those on this list should write ick and explain to him that FreeBSD advocates don't "resent" the popularity of Linux but rather believe that FreeBSD is underrecognized. And also that advocacy of the Berkeley license over the GPL isn't "considering Richard Stallman the Antichrist" -- it's a realistic, practical stance that's NOT motivated by Stallman's anti-business ideology. Nick is Nicholas_Petreley@infoworld.com. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message