From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: configure script
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:17:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020613171204.1074C-100000@is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x5wut3s6f4.fsf@tupik.goethe.zz>
On 13 Jun 2002, David Kastrup wrote:
> > If you really cared, you could start a poll yourself.
>
> What I care about is limiting the damage RMS manages to inflict on
> the GNU project. Since RMS has stated in advance that the outcome of
> such a poll could and must not change the way in which he feels fit
> to fight for his cause, it would be an exercise in futility.
I doubt that. An opinion of a sufficient number of maintainers with
credentials is hard to ignore.
> The
> whole "Open Source" splitoff did not came about because people did
> not care about Free Software: a certain indication of that is the
> prevalent use of the GPL on such software. It simply came about
> because people became embarrassed to be working for the cause of Free
> Software under Richard's banner and auspices.
From my perspective, that splitoff happened because some people couldn't
make themselves work with RMS as a person. It's that simple; everything
else you hear is rationalizations.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-13 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-07 18:44 configure script Edson Alves Pereira
2002-06-08 19:15 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-12 10:23 ` Sami Sihvonen
2002-06-12 10:40 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-12 17:42 ` Paul Jarc
2002-06-12 18:53 ` [OT] " Glenn Morris
2002-06-12 19:34 ` A rose by any other name (was Re: [OT] Re: configure script) David Masterson
2002-06-13 21:46 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-13 22:01 ` David desJardins
2002-06-13 23:23 ` David Masterson
2002-06-15 14:13 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-13 23:48 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-18 10:08 ` Sami Sihvonen
2002-06-12 20:24 ` [OT] Re: configure script Peter S Galbraith
2002-06-12 21:32 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-12 22:24 ` David Masterson
2002-06-13 5:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-06-13 8:52 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-13 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-06-13 12:35 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-13 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2002-06-13 14:56 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-13 15:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-06-13 16:00 ` Andreas Schwab
2002-06-14 15:47 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-12 21:03 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-06-12 22:30 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-12 22:59 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-06-13 8:29 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-13 19:42 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-06-12 23:47 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-13 9:01 ` David Kastrup
2002-06-17 14:57 ` Sami Sihvonen
2002-06-18 16:06 ` D. Goel
2002-06-18 18:24 ` Christoph Conrad
2002-06-12 11:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-06-17 14:56 ` Sami Sihvonen
2002-06-17 16:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
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