Mike McCarty wrote:
Mumia W wrote:Mike McCarty wrote:Greg Folkert wrote:[snip]That's it! You've quite certainly identified yourself as a member of the Right Wing. You associate all attempts of people to resist the power ofI am not a Right Winger. I am not any sort of Socialist. The terms "Left Wing" and "Right Wing" originate in the French Legislature,
> [...] You know we're talking about contemporary American politics.
[If you] HATE the GPL so much, why are you using SO MUCH GPL'd software? Orlicenses similar to the GPL, such as the Mozilla License that Thunderbird is released under.BTW, I do not "HATE" the GPL. It is a license, no more, no less. It's one I chose not to use.
Yes, you chose to use the GPL. You had a contract. It required Linux. I presume that, to fulfill the contract, you installed Linux and began using its software.
A little while ago, you said that an employee who uses software licensed to an employer is under the software developer's EULA. Your tendency for hypocrisy notwithstanding, this applies to you also.
You're using GPLed software. You accepted the license agreement. You're under the GPL.
If you disagree with the license agreement (the GPL), delete all copies of the GPLed software from the machines you've installed them on and get out of here.
I use it because I got a contract, and was requested to use Linux. That's why it's on my machine.So, you're a Linux user for money, but you are otherwise against everything that Linux, the GPL and Debian stand for. Get out of here.Linux is a kernel. Kernels do not stand for or against anything. They are software. Using or not using an OS kernel is not a political
> stance.There you go again--demonstrating typical right wing hypocrisy and lying. You *just said* an hour ago that the GPL and the DFSG were part of a social agenda, and you objected to both on the *political* grounds that they attempt to change the social order.
When I load any piece of software on one of my machines, I do so based on various considerations, some technical, some economic,
Well we know that your involvement with Linux is entirely mercenary. Get out of here. You are diametrically opposed to what Debian stands for, what OSS is, and what free software offers society in the long run.
some pragmatic (like support for a given platform, or memory use). Political issues are not a consideration in my choice of operating systems. [...]