24 Nov
2004
24 Nov
'04
1:42 p.m.
Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
I absolutely see RMS as the father of the open
intellectual
"property" revolution, not just open software. Bu after the SIGLinux
deal, I have to say he's gone right over the top.
The fundamental problem with RMS is that he cannot make a distinction
between free software / open source *philosophy* (which ought to be
applicable to *all* platforms regardless of technology) and his GNU
project, which is one very specific technology with one very specific
set of *technical* design decisions behind it (which I happen to disagree
with most emphatically). The problem can be seen in how www.fsf.org
redirects to www.gnu.org (or at least it did last time I visited).
MS