RE: eric raymond
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ned@inventati.org [mailto:ned@inventati.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 12:55 PM
> To: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org
> Subject: eric raymond
>
>
> In an answer to a mail on this mailiing list, (i want to be a
> hacker :) )
> someone said that he must read a book from *eric raymond*.
>
> I find it strange :
>
> i thought that "debian-hurd" was a GNU - / free software - list.
>
> Eric raymond is close to the nra (national rifle association), is
> politically a capitalist libertarian, and fight for open
> source, against
> free software. He is against the use of the "free" word, and want to
> transform linux into a capitalist-tool for a high market performance.
>
> For me, he does not have anything to do with the GNU movement.
>
> Am I wrong ?
>
>
> I'm sorry for my *bad* english, but i find this question quite
> important,
> specially at this time, when linus torvald say "ok" to the
> tcpa/palladium
> consortium,
> so try to understand what i mean, please :)
>
>
> nicolas.
>
>
I won't argue his politics because I don't know enough about ESR to make a
judgement but have you read "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"?
Here is a link in case you haven't:
http://www.openresources.com/documents/cathedral-bazaar/
Barry deFreese
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