* Can we keep it toned down a bit in here?
@ 2003-07-25 15:15 Dana Lacoste
2003-07-25 15:56 ` Martin List-Petersen
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From: Dana Lacoste @ 2003-07-25 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
OK, as entertaining as it has been (though I would've preferred
more posts from Al Viro : he has a great way with words :) can
we all agree that BK/GPL/OSL issues should go somewhere else?
Like maybe an advocacy list instead of a development list?
I've seen the following debated endlessly (with the rhetoric turned
way up these past few weeks) :
- RMS is a cheat trying to steal copyrights from everyone
- RMS is a saviour trying to save the world
- The GPL is a virus that is not legally enforcable and tries
to promote RMS's political agenda
- The GPL is the only thing keeping Linux free
- BK is spawned from the same pits of hell that Saddam Hussein
came from (south park is a wonderful learning tool)
- BK is a great piece of software that solves all of our
problems and allows Larry to make a (legal) living
Can we just agree that the Linus' acts are answer enough?
- The GPL isn't perfect, thus the restrictions in the kernel
source (specific versions of the GPL only)
- BK isn't perfect, but it is free and solves a lot of problems
in developing the Linux kernel. Advocating a program and using
a program aren't the same thing after all!
- RMS is fighting the good fight, even if he is a bit more extreme
than many of us would prefer. Better Gnu/Linux than MS/Linux!
Stop the trolling! Make code not war!
Dana Lacoste
Ottawa, Canada
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* Re: Can we keep it toned down a bit in here?
2003-07-25 15:15 Can we keep it toned down a bit in here? Dana Lacoste
@ 2003-07-25 15:56 ` Martin List-Petersen
2003-07-25 16:41 ` Olaf Dietsche
2003-07-25 17:12 ` vlad
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From: Martin List-Petersen @ 2003-07-25 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dana Lacoste; +Cc: linux-kernel
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On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 17:15, Dana Lacoste wrote:
> OK, as entertaining as it has been (though I would've preferred
> more posts from Al Viro : he has a great way with words :) can
> we all agree that BK/GPL/OSL issues should go somewhere else?
>
> Like maybe an advocacy list instead of a development list?
This ain't a bad idea at all. It's probably what's missing.
> Stop the trolling! Make code not war!
There is a reason for the trolling, but yes ... some people might want
to focus on development.
Regards,
Martin List-Petersen
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* Re: Can we keep it toned down a bit in here?
2003-07-25 15:15 Can we keep it toned down a bit in here? Dana Lacoste
2003-07-25 15:56 ` Martin List-Petersen
@ 2003-07-25 16:41 ` Olaf Dietsche
2003-07-25 17:12 ` vlad
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From: Olaf Dietsche @ 2003-07-25 16:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dana Lacoste; +Cc: linux-kernel
Dana Lacoste <dana.lacoste@peregrine.com> writes:
> Like maybe an advocacy list instead of a development list?
<news:comp.os.linux.advocacy>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.os.linux.advocacy>
Regards, Olaf.
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* RE: Can we keep it toned down a bit in here?
2003-07-25 15:15 Can we keep it toned down a bit in here? Dana Lacoste
2003-07-25 15:56 ` Martin List-Petersen
2003-07-25 16:41 ` Olaf Dietsche
@ 2003-07-25 17:12 ` vlad
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: vlad @ 2003-07-25 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Dana Lacoste', linux-kernel
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>From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
>[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Dana Lacoste
>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:15 AM
>To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Can we keep it toned down a bit in here?
>
>Stop the trolling! Make code not war!
>
>Dana Lacoste
>Ottawa, Canada
Oh sure, just take away all my fun! ;)
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