Re: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use
John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> writes:
> Do you? I can think of three packages that the maintainer is acting in an
> unaccoutable and irresponsible way. You may even think you know which
> ones: I'm sure the DD responsible knows what I think of them. I know for
> a fact that it's damn well irresponsible for you to have tried to exclude
> another today, and you're not being held accountable. In stead, >I< am
> being held responsible for my pseudonym. Funny kind of world, isn't it,
> when the pseudonymous one is more responsible than the "properly named"
> one?
Actually, I have no way of keeping you accountable, because I don't
know who you are. There is no way for me to link your bad actions on
Debian to other situations. For example, if you were to try to get
hired, nobody would be able to notice that the asshole "John Galt" has
anything to do with the potential employee in front of them.
I can see why you want potential employers to be unable to link your
horrid actions here with you.
Again, "exclusion" is hardly going on. I've been the subject of
enough bigoted discrimination to have a pretty good idea. I said that
I didn't see the benefits discussing the GPL with someone who was an
opponent of free software, and Hoffman's writing made it sound as if
he were such an opponent.
Now, if I changed lists.debian.org so that Hoffman couldn't post, or
something like that, that would be exclusion. But he's just as able
to post as before, as are you.
Thomas
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