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Things that would change my mind
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| If you are in an argument with someone, and you ask them “Well, what would it
| take for you to change your mind, then?” And they answer “Nothing!”, then
| walk away. No amount of rational discourse will reach that person.
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| I like to think I have reasoned myself into my current position; I certainly
| didn’t get up one day and throw a dart at a board and decide to hate on Mono
| for a while. So, one of the things I have to do is to challenge myself by
| asking “What would it take for me to change my mind?”
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| Not one thing is either necessary or sufficient, but more list of solutions
| to problems I see.
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http://mono-nono.com/2009/07/24/things-that-would-change-my-mind/
On Linus and Free Software
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| I see the situation like this:
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| 1. Oversimplifying a situation into a dilemma is a fallacy, but that won’t
| stop me here: If you want to picture situation in the FLOSS world as having
| two poles, with rms and “Freedom or Death” on one end, and Linus “Shut up and
| code” on the other, then that’s fine. The bottom line is Free Software is
| here to stay because of the GPL, so even the most pragmatic pragmatist needs
| to come to terms with that. The converse is true, as well, of course.
|
| 2. If you blindly and unequivocally side with Linus, you are just as much in
| error as if you blindly and unequivocally side with rms. Neither are gods,
| both are men trying to figure out the best way to do things.
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http://mono-nono.com/2009/07/24/on-linus-and-free-software/
Related:
Linus Torvalds' opinions regarding the GPL
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| Linus Torvalds has an uncomfortable pause at 44:24 in this video.
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| The uncomfortable pause occurs when he concludes a confused critique of the
| GNU General Public License.
|
| This video was from 2001 and a lot of time has passed since then. Perhaps
| Linus is feeling a bit more positive about the GPL than he was at that time.
| Perhaps not though, because he doesn't seem very inclined to begin the
| process of moving the Linux Kernel to GPLv3.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/linus-torvalds-opinions-regarding-gpl
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