Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jun 2008 20:28 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Back in May 2006, Sun announced during the JavaOne conference it would release Java as open source, licensed as GPL software. While it was released as GPL, it still contained about 5 percent proprietary, non-free code - the Java trap, as the FSF calls it. The FSF called to dismantle this trap, and now the IcedTea project has reached an important milestone.
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2005-07-12
Not new to most, but new to you apparently.
My post was merely pointing out facts, nothing else. GNU software is in widespread use, including in large corporations. The FSF is supported financially by large corporations. Stallman is a world class programmer, as are many who program for GNU. Those are all facts, other than calling Stallman a world class programmer (which is subjective). But most people would consider someone who writes their own compiler, and large library, among many other things, a world class programmer.
Also, agitprop is defined as communist propaganda. Giving such as label to GNU is fairly typical mindless trolling by the anti-FSF crowd.
Stallman himself has always said business is good, that companies can use free software, that it's okay making money off software.
He just wants the GPL honored, just like any other license. And the GPL comes with it's own set of restrictions, just like any other license.
The very fact that the FSF, and GNU software, is supported by large corporations, and is in widespread use by large corporations, is proof beyond any shadow of a doubt that they have absolutely nothing to do with communism.
So grow up, and develop a brain, and some integrity while you're at it, or STFU.