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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 31 July 2006 16:41 \__
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>> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>> Linux leader Linus Torvalds had some sharp words about the Free
>>> Software Foundation its founder, Richard Stallman, and his
>>> philosophical motivations....
>>>
>>> Torvalds said he believes fear is the impetus behind the new GPL.
>>> "Every single big and fundamental addition to the GPLv3 is about hate
>>> and fear," he said. And it's a bad motivation, he argued: "No good code
>>> ever comes out of people who do things because they are afraid, or
>>> because they hate. Look at all the idiotic choices that Sun
>>> (Microsystems) has made with respect to Java and other things. A lot of
>>> them seem to be directly a result not of trying to do the right thing
>>> to their customer, but because of fear and loathing of their
>>> competition."
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>>> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6099985.html
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>> Did he have a bad day?
>
> Must be relatively bad. That said, on less moderate occasions he might use
> the phrase "interface Nazis". Can there be such as thing as "freedom
> nat(/z)ionalism" or would be be an oxymoron?
>
One would think such a phrase be oxymoronic... The remark about
wanting to do the right thing for their customer is very important, as
this is precisely what Mr Stallman is trying to do. It's a shame that
the debate is reduced to speculation about motivations - it's starting
to read like what many folk here would post.
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