On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:34:55 +0000, Duncan wrote: > As for credit, yes, they deserve and get credit for the apps they > created. Great. But insisting on ranking one's own credit so highly > for a collected work, as with the SugarCRM license, simply wouldn't and > couldn't work if everyone were to demand it. That's what was wrong with > SugarCRM (before they switched position and adopted the GPL), it's what > was wrong with the XFree86 policy change that lead to the XFree86/X.org > fork, and it's what is wrong with the GNU/Linux demands. I clearly > respect Stallman and his general beliefs enough to quote him, and they > shape much of how I live my computing life, but I simply can't see why > /he/ can't see this, except to chalk it up to the personal quirks/ > failings that we all have in some area of our life.
Stallman /can/ see it; he has discussed this point, and he agrees with you. He does not demand the name GNU/Linux. He argues that it's appropiate and asks that it be used because this is the right thing to do. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
