Re: OT: Re: rms on debian : background noise
Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:03:02 +0000
> "Jeff Gratton" <grajea02@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > said that RMS is indeed a loser), I'm just saying that RMS shouldn't be
> > taken at face value anymore, that is all :)
>
> I respectfully disagree -- RMS is one of the few people I'm aware of who
> *should* be taken at face value.
>
> He clearly states his principles, and as far as I know he lives by them.
> That's better than most people can say (including me).
>
> That's without even considering that he pretty much started the free/open
> source software movement all by himself. I'm not saying that he's
> responsible himself for everything that happened, but that without him
> leading the way (with prodigious programming as well as preaching) I don't
> believe there would be a Linux at all.
>
> IMO the reason RMS is so irritating is that he reminds us how we don't live
> up to our principles.
Except wrt the GFDL. I'd rather Debian lives up to the DSFG than this
less-than-free license.
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