Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:08:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction Message-ID: <199807220008.RAA02892@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:31:21 %2B0930." <19980722093121.E8098@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Tuesday, 21 July 1998 at 15:03:16 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 04:52 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: > > > >> Brett -- I also disagree with the Free Software Foundation's philosophy. > >> However, I think it's a reasonable place for the funding to go. > > > > I disagree. The Free Software Foundation's main objective nowadays is to > > promote the notion that the GPL is the One True Way. > > That may be. But do you intend to stop using GNU software because of > that? If not, I think it's fair to support the people who supply it. You're making the mistake that the FSF want you to; namely that they are the sole source of "GNU" software. What you may mean is that we should not stop using GPL'd software. Whether that's desirable is arguable, but note that AFAIK almost none of the GPL'd components we use (for example) are developed or have their development supported substantially by the FSF. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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