Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 00:38:53 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010418003011.045ef3b0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010418002742.A12981-100000@blues.jpj.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010416155048.04c6f6f0@localhost>
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At 10:53 PM 4/17/2001, Trevor Johnson wrote: >That's not what they themselves say: > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1998/bill-economist.asp Stallman's rhetoric is doublespeak. The truth is that he condones the selling of plastic disks (a low-profit, low-skill endeavor) but not the selling of software. (According to the GPL, GPLed software itself may NOT be licensed for money.) He approves of the trade in disks because (a) it furthers his agenda; (b) it allows the FSF to make a bit of cash; and (c) he knows that the "parasites" (his own word) who sell disks, such as Red Hat, will not be able to make a living as soon as high bandwidth connections to the Net are ubiquitous. Gates' statement is carefully contrived propaganda that attempts to justify the actions of a monopolist. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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