From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 27 6:23:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A8637B402 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 06:23:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 16g4z2-000EoL-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:23:04 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g1REN4W65670; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:23:04 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:23:04 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: Benjamin Krueger Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <20020227142303.A65635@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20020227122820.A64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227142005.A16555@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020227132417.B64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227052928.L12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227133748.C64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227054428.M12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227135103.E64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net>; from benjamin@macguire.net on Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:13:36AM -0800 X-Scanner: exiscan *16g4z2-000EoL-00*pZ7x7X0LDbI* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org | > I doubt he would state it explicitly, but his actions seem to indicate | > such motives. I mean, Bill Gates claims *his* motivation is giving | > customers what they want. :-) | | And I believe him, mostly because he has a talent for convincing people | that he has what they want (*snip* long winded philosophical debate as to | whether a successful persuasive argument can result in true want or need). | | I also believe that motivation isn't the only one, and that it ranks | somewhere a bit below making money and geeking out. Are we talking about billg here or rms? | In my humble and small opinion, there is no revolution, only a return to | information sanity. Don't worry about being confused. =) Reminds me of all the shareware I used to get on the Fred Fish disks for the amiga. ;-) jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message