On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 11:52:30AM -0700, Britton Kerin wrote:
> When the leader or
> representative of a group is stigmatized as a dangerous gun nut this rubs
> off on the rest of the group, so please be careful what you say.
Ah, but this is one of the reasons why the open source / free software
> bruce writes:
> > Because I know that Eric is a firearms enthusiast, for my own protection,
> > I feel the best strategy is for me to publicize the threat widely.
>
> And quotes:
> > Damn straight I took it personally. And if you ever again behave like
> > that kind of disruptive asshole in pu
>I'm tempted to say "he's just a nut", but he's the >head of the Open
>Source
>Initiative. What annoyed him is that I cricicized the >Apple license.
>The full
>text of the threatening email can be found at
>http://perens.com/Articles/Threat.html .
I hope you two can work out your differences befo
I have two things to say about this, or maybe three:
1) Am I the only one that is tired of hearing about the bickering between
these two? and on a Debian-user list? and on a public mailing list?
2) If the authorities have been notified - fine, leave us out of it.
3) Don't make judgements until
Ed Slocomb writes:
> The most ominous part of it is the quote at the end. Let's
> all hope, for the sake of civil discourse, that it was auto-generated.
It almost certainly was. Eric has some sort of random sig generator.
--
John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain.
[EMAI
> Regardless of what your differences are with Eric this message should not
> have been posted to this list.
>
May I politely suggest that you reconsider that?
Eric should not have written the letter to begin with. An apology to Bruce is
long overdue. Every one of Bruce's criticisms of the
Bruce, if you are actually in fear for your life the police are the right
forum for this. It appears that you are trying to once again publicly
defame Eric in front of the Linux community. This message is about
embarrassment and character assassination hid beneath a patina of fear.
Regardless o
On 5 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Forgive my ignorance here (and my curiousity) but just ... who is Eric
> > Raymond, and who are you (or what you've done/said) so that he threatens
> > you?
>
> I'm tempted to say "he's just a nut", but he's the head of the Ope
bruce writes:
> Because I know that Eric is a firearms enthusiast, for my own protection,
> I feel the best strategy is for me to publicize the threat widely.
And quotes:
> Damn straight I took it personally. And if you ever again behave like
> that kind of disruptive asshole in public, insult me
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Forgive my ignorance here (and my curiousity) but just ... who is Eric
> Raymond, and who are you (or what you've done/said) so that he threatens you?
I'm tempted to say "he's just a nut", but he's the head of the Open Source
Initiative. What annoyed him is that I cricici
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit:
> Today I received the following threat in e-mail from Eric Raymond. The message
> was copied to the Silicon Valley Linux User's Group officers, who you may
> consult regarding its authenticity. The police have been notified.
>
> Because I know that Eric is a firearms ent
On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:48:42PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Today I received the following threat in e-mail from Eric Raymond. The message
is this for-real?
-vinny
On 5 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ESR wrote:]
> > Damn straight I took it personally. And if you ever again behave like
> > that kind of disruptive asshole in public, insult me, and jeopardize
> > the interests of our entire tribe, I'll take it just as personally --
> > and I will find a w
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