From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161093AbVLKFkV (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:40:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161095AbVLKFkV (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:40:21 -0500 Received: from inglit.ubishops.ca ([206.167.194.132]:8151 "EHLO cs.ubishops.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161093AbVLKFkU (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:40:20 -0500 Message-ID: <439BBBC3.7050803@cs.ubishops.ca> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:40:19 -0500 From: Patrick McLean User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jeff V. Merkey" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GNU/Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario References: <21d7e9970512051610n1244467am12adc8373c1a4473@mail.gmail.com> <20051206040820.GB26602@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512052358m5b631204i@mail.gmail.com> <200512061856.42493.luke-jr@utopios.org> <2cd57c900512061742s28f57b5eu@mail.gmail.com> <20051210051628.E9E08CF4156@tsurukikun.utopios.org> <439A7E8E.8010707@wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <439A7E8E.8010707@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sorry to continue this OT thread. Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >> > "constructive" is a for profit model that sustains the hi tech > industry. The current > models have created a conduit for socialist disintegration of the > american hi tech > markets, loss of jobs, and have funnelled technology out of the > country. Legal > defense funds should be the biggest red flags of all. If this system > you devised really > works, why all the litigation? Why all the need for legal defense funds > and patent > infringement insurance? I've watched the entire market slowly collapse > over the years > as the result of the affect of the GPL on America's hi tech markets. > It isn't working, and it isn't sustainable. non-profit and "temples" of > GPL "religion" > have evolved, with the leaders living in orgnaizations that subsist from > handouts and > donations. This movement has spawned a global attitude that has no > respect > for IP rights, and it's extended itself to no respect for human rights, > or any other rights > of the indivdual. That's the legacy this has left and the ultimate > conclusion. If you are totally against "socialist" licenses and the OSS movement, what are you doing on this mailing list? I rather doubt many people here share your views, and I seriously doubt that you are going to convince anyone to change their viewpoints. I suspect you are simply trolling, and I suppose I am taking the bait.