Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Dec 2007 16:32 UTC, submitted by lmvaz
Richard Stallman sent a message to OpenBSD-Misc, explaining why he doesn't recommend OpenBSD. "From what I have heard, OpenBSD does not contain non-free software (though I am not sure whether it contains any non-free firmware blobs). However, its ports system does suggest non-free programs, or at least so I was told when I looked for some BSD variant that I could recommend. I therefore exercise my freedom of speech by not including OpenBSD in the list of systems that I recommend to the public." His mail started a huge thread (that's just page 1) and since then he's under a blast of messages from Theo de Raadt and the OpenBSD users. De Raadt replied: "Richard, you are wrong. You said very clearly in your interview that the ports tree contains non-free software. It does not. It is just a scaffold of Makefiles containing URLs, and an occasional patch here or there. You are just plain wrong. And you are not enough of a man to admit that you are wrong. I may be unfriendly at times, but you are a power-misusing hypocritical liar who attacks projects that try harder than any others to only make free software available. Shame on you."
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RE[5]: Style of discussing
by bryanv on Tue 18th Dec 2007 16:43
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RE[5]: Style of discussing
by dreamlax on Tue 18th Dec 2007 20:27
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Discrediting someone based on their mental habits or poor interpersonal relationship skills alone is one of the first steps towards becoming judgemental. If you don't like him, leave it at that. Nobody is forcing you to interact with him or read what he writes. If you seriously think that you (or someone else) should thrash Theo for being who he is, then perhaps it is not Theo with the real issues.
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2007-02-17
That still doesn't excuse the fact that he's an ass. I don't care how many pics of him you post. He needs a thorough thrashing, imo.