Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 01:20:07 +0000 (GMT) From: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> To: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: was this really necessary? [ was Re: The FreeBSD Jive Copyright ] Message-ID: <20030222010251.Y318@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030221181620.01b7ded8@threespace.com> References: <00bc01c2d93e$452d1f60$0502000a@sentinel> <4.3.2.7.2.20030221181620.01b7ded8@threespace.com>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Chip Morton wrote: > I have to second this one. I don't believe any malice was intended, > but I don't think Stacy fully considered others' perspectives before > this e-mail was sent. I think it was completely harmless, and the GPL one was quite funny. Dialects are dialects, and there are hundreds to choose from. Simply using one is never offensive to the people who speak it themselves, only if the *content* is insulting, and software licences are not, no matter how you look at it. And what is all this rubbish about elitism? Sure, maybe FreeBSD is elitist regarding how well you code and exactly what you have put into BSD, but is certainly is not ethnically based. In fact, I would say (going from my own experiences in London) the FreeBSD tends to be the OS of choice for very cool techies/coders of either Arabic or African extraction, whereas Linux has a much whiter/scruffy-teenage image, especially Debian. Oh, and Rob, if you were a strong Libertarian, you would support Stacy's right to free speech, not make up faux-legalistic stuff about why someone shouldn't post amusing messages to a totally public mailinglist. Bill. -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job: Tel: 0771 355 0354 http://www.palfreman.com/william/ for my CV. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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