Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:56:31 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excellent Gartner Group report: Debunking Open Source Mythsc Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000130215249.00b91690@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com> References: <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost> <xzpvh4exk9i.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost>
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At 08:19 PM 1/28/2000 , Greg Lehey wrote:
> > Alas, it's factually incorrect on several points. In particular, it
> > credits Stallman with originating the idea of open source software
> > "in 1984."
>
>Well, no, that's not what it says. To quote:
>
> The decision by AT&T to commercialize Unix in 1984 prompted the
> first attempt to organize the concept of free software ("free" as in
> freedom, not free of charge) around a license and a development
> project (see Note 2).
>
>What part of that do you consider incorrect?
The date (Stallman started his campaign to destroy commercial software
developers before 1984) and also the motivation (it was the spinoff of
Symbolics from the MIT AI Lab that started him on his vendetta). Also,
AT&T sold commercial licenses for UNIX well before 1984; it started doing
so immediately after divestiture. So, just about everything in the paragraph
is incorrect.
--Brett
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