Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2006 23:54 UTC, submitted by sean batten
GNU, GPL, Open Source "Linus Torvalds doesn't want to change the Linux kernel's software license, and he said so again last week. For good measure this time, he threw in some inflammatory remarks. "I literally feel," wrote Torvalds, "that we do not, as software developers, have the moral right to enforce our rules on hardware manufacturers. We are not crusaders, trying to force people to bow to our superior God." Since the crusades were a foreign adventure responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands, that's not the most diplomatic response, and FSF counsel Eben Moglen refused to be drawn into retaliation when we contacted him for comment."
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RE: Crusades
by Mitarai on Wed 8th Feb 2006 01:06 UTC in reply to "Crusades"
Mitarai
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2005-07-28

The FSF and Stallman have an agenda and it`s about as utopian as it gets, GPLv3 is not about being reasonable it is about forcing everyone to live their utopian dream where umpa lumpas write code and we all sail down a chocolate river and suck on everlasting gobstoppers.

That was so deep yet funny.

Edited 2006-02-08 01:06

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