On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:34:25 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> "olive" <olive.lin@versateladsl.be> wrote:
> > I personnaly think that Debian would do better to defend free
> > software if
> there were in accordance to the FSF.
>
> I personally think that the FSF would do much, much better at
> defending free software if they operated in accordance with Debian.
> Debian-legal has proved better at guaranteeing the FSF's 'four
> freedoms' in practice than RMS, what with the GFDL and all.
>
> Let's face it: the FSF didn't create a full free-software system.
> Debian did. The FSF didn't even create the majority of the GNU
> project tools. Volunteers did, and many of them *disagree* with the
> FSF leadership. Discussions of the merits of FSF policy are
> forbidden on FSF mailing lists, with the exception of a few which
> appear to go to /dev/null.
>
> The FSF is, bizarrely, a top-down autocratic organization, with all
> the flaws that implies. Debian isn't, with all the benefits and
> flaws that implies.
Agreed entirely.
It's sad, but true...
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