Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:03:02 +0000 > "Jeff Gratton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > said that RMS is indeed a loser), I'm just saying that RMS shouldn't be > > taken at face value anymore, that is all :) > > I respectfully disagree -- RMS is one of the few people I'm aware of who > *should* be taken at face value. > > He clearly states his principles, and as far as I know he lives by them. > That's better than most people can say (including me). > > That's without even considering that he pretty much started the free/open > source software movement all by himself. I'm not saying that he's > responsible himself for everything that happened, but that without him > leading the way (with prodigious programming as well as preaching) I don't > believe there would be a Linux at all. > > IMO the reason RMS is so irritating is that he reminds us how we don't live > up to our principles.
Except wrt the GFDL. I'd rather Debian lives up to the DSFG than this less-than-free license. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
