Re: What's a debian kid look like?
On 19 Dec 2001, Matt wrote:
> Debian people believe in the GPL,
Not all of them. Some find it overly restrictive and prefer to use BSD,
Artistic license etc. Code I write usually goes under the Crowley Public
License ("Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the license")
> the power of community,
Definitely. But if you pardon me going back into politics for a minute,
the difference between our community and communism is participation is not
mandatory. A freedom I cherish as a Linux developer is the freedom to not
give a flying ferrets fundament what the community wants if I think
otherwise. (Of course if you don't like that you are equally free to take
the code and make it do what *you* want. Everybody wins.) I especially
detest the armchair generals on slashdot etc. Back when I started using
Linux there was definitely an ethos of "put up code or shut up" and I'd
hate to lose that as Linux becomes more of a product.
> the restrictions of commercial software licenses
Again not necessarily or to different extents. Some people would lie to
see non-free software banned by law. Others (like me) have all kinds of
non-free stuff installed and see no problem with it coexisting with free
software.
> and freedom of expression.
> Nothing more (well, sort of) and nothing less.
For some reason people have this stereotype of Debian and Debian people.
As your mini-poll shows there is actually an immense amount of diversity
out there.
Oh btw, I'm 30 years old, born in England to Gujarati parents, now living
in the USA. Married, with one brand new baby girl. Been using Linux for
8 years, Debian for 5. My noatun playlist indicates I'm currently
listening to Iron Maiden, Radiohead, Ozzy, Kraftwerk, Steely Dan, and
Tenacious D.
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
It's a girl! See the pictures - http://www.braincells.com/shailaja/
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