Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:38:06 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010315232521.00ccf340@localhost> In-Reply-To: <15025.31210.825129.795217@guru.mired.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010315180735.00c71720@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010315075228.00e60ac0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010315005732.00b5cef0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314185307.00e6ab00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314182353.00ba5880@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314170008.00d86960@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314132512.04acb100@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost> <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311235053.00e26140@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010306174618.N32515@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311230800.00e19bd0@localhost> <15020.28993.192354.986367@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312223234.0445f3a0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010315180735.00c71720@localhost>
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At 07:26 PM 3/15/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >> Stallman has explicitly stated his intent. Many times over. > >That seems to be a habit of yours - saying what you believe to be true >without ever offering any proof. You respond to people not believing >you - or to them providing references that show you are wrong - by >repeating your believes. That's "beliefs," I believe. And it's not merely a "belief." Again, it's fact. >You don't realize that you've been conned >into acting against your own best interests. Bullshit. No publisher has asked me in any way, shape or form to oppose the GPL. I oppose it because it is explicitly designed to destroy my livelihood. As Stallman told me, personally, face to face many years ago. At the time, I dismissed Stallman's efforts as Quixotic because I overestimated programmers' understanding of business, politics, and human nature. I should have listened to Mencken. >The harm that Stallman is doing is no different than the harm any >other competitor in the market place does. Not true. The GPL is not competitive; it is anti-competitive. >By not acting for his own >best self-interest, he's managed to do harm comparable to that done by >those holding monopoly positions. He very much IS acting in his own self interest. His goal is to build an empire and destroy the careers of others. And, so long as people such as you go along, he will continue to do damage. >There's no such court case as "the VHS case". Yes, there is -- or was. The company that was actually sued was RCA, as I recall. But there's no point trying to reason with you. I've not bothered to respond to the portions of your messages that were pure invective, because it's just not worth the time. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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