Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 19:20:37 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000513191658.0451dbb0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000514012024.A16224@happy.checkpoint.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20000513104752.0447aa50@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000513100518.0444c390@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130735370.20100-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <4.3.1.2.20000513100518.0444c390@localhost> <20000513215350.A6803@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.3.1.2.20000513104752.0447aa50@localhost>
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At 07:20 PM 5/13/2000, Anatoly Vorobey wrote: >On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 10:53:43AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > > (Remember, the stated > > purpose of the GPL is to destroy programmers' livelihoods. > >This is one bit of silly nonsense I wish you would stop repeating. Sorry, but this is one point which is indisputable. Stallman himself has said REPEATEDLY, in person and in print, that this is a goal of the GPL. Perhaps you don't know Stallman's history. > > Thus, > > providing truly free alternatives to GNU code is in fact very useful. > >What's very useful is writing new code for people to use. It's not >like there's any lack of goals in that direction. Let's concentrate on >them. Sorry, but not if the code is GPLed. The agenda of the GPL is unethical and should not be supported. --Brett "I am, uh, BillGatus of Borg. Competition is futile. You will be integrated." --Brett Glass (After Jack Rickard) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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