__/ [ 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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>> End quote
>>
>> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6099985.html
>>
>
> 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?
Best wishes,
Roy
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