29 Apr
2002
29 Apr
'02
9:52 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: James B. DiGriz [mailto:jbdigriz@dragonsweb.org]
Nah, I understand that Stallman and the FSF are under
constant probing
for any sign of a capitulatory mood, for any sign of
Ok...
tolerance for being
made irrelvant, since they are using IP against itself, and a lot of
people stand to gain at everyone else's expense if they can
crack that
Ok...
wall. That's the grounds for the GNU/linux
controversy, and
no doubt why
he makes demands that are taken as overreaching to UG's that
Huh?
There's nothing in the license that says you have to give GNU
credit in the popularly accepted name of your software. Trying
to change that after the fact by throwing your weight around, so
to speak, is certainly in poor taste.
Richard "I won't talk to you unless you call your project by my pet
name" Stallman has lost much of my respect over all of this.
Of course, this is just my opinion, and you can certainly disagree.
want him to
speak. I don't envy his position. He has a point, too, even
if you think
it's overblown. Enough so that a lot of people would prefer
If you mean that the FSF deserves some credit and respect, sure,
but that's not the way for him to get the former, and it certainly
has lost him lots of the latter, even if the project may still be
relatively well thought of.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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29 Apr
29 Apr
10:11 a.m.
Christopher Smith wrote:
I think you can make the case that he isn't entirely unjustified. He and
the FSF have a lot invested in it. I don't see anything more
objectionable in it than the average corporate trademark claim. It
certainly annoys a lot of people, though. It might behoove him to find a
better way of dealilng with the issue if he can. I'll go along with that.
The snide attempts at ad hominems are unwarranted, though.
jbdigriz
wall. That's the grounds for the GNU/linux
controversy, and
no doubt why
he makes demands that are taken as overreaching to UG's that
Huh?
There's nothing in the license that says you have to give GNU
credit in the popularly accepted name of your software. Trying
to change that after the fact by throwing your weight around, so
to speak, is certainly in poor taste.
Richard "I won't talk to you unless you call your project by my pet
name" Stallman has lost much of my respect over all of this.
Of course, this is just my opinion, and you can certainly disagree.
want him to
speak. I don't envy his position. He has a
point, too, even
if you think
it's overblown. Enough so that a lot of people would prefer
If you mean that the FSF deserves some credit and respect, sure,
but that's not the way for him to get the former, and it certainly
has lost him lots of the latter, even if the project may still be
relatively well thought of.
Chris
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