From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Jul 21 14:18:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA15335 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:18:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA15239 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:18:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: (qmail 6134 invoked by uid 1001); 21 Jul 1998 21:17:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Jul 1998 21:17:25 -0000 Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:17:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Evans To: Brett Glass cc: Bill/Carolyn Pechter , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction In-Reply-To: <199807212103.PAA17229@lariat.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:52 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: > > >Can you imagine the screams if the Linux folks were told a part of the > >take was going to support the Freebsd or NetBSD project. > > Why shouldn't we scream just as loudly? Why should we feel compelled to be just as whiny as the Linux folks, assuming that they are whiny? > Supporting FSF *is* supporting Linux. No, supporting the FSF is supporting the GPL way of thinking. > I think that FreeBSD's advocacy group should make a formal request that > if O'Reilly is to call the event an "Open Source Town Hall," it is > inappropriate for the proceeds to go to one faction that consistently > denigrates all other viewpoints. The 'Open Source' brand has rapidly become just another case of doublespeak. 'Open Source' advocates overwhelmingly rally around Linux, and even though the official definition of 'Open Source' encompasses efforts such as FreeBSD, we're not walking the 'straight and narrow' path that is the main thrust of 'Open Source' advocates such as Eric Raymond. Just take a dose of reality along with the 'Open Source' movement's 'idealism'. =) Seriously though, I don't think that fighting the 'Open Source' people is productive. Dragging them into a fight drags us down to a lower moral level, and gets mud on everyone. Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message