OSI Approves Microsoft Licenses

[Donn]

> > What makes him "weird"?
> Hi. Welcome to the Internet. I can see you're new here, so let me give
> you a few pointers.
I'm not going to get into a fight with you.

> #1: Anyone who insists on teaching a group of people how to have sex in
> their nose with dead flowers is weird, particularly if they're there to
> give a lecture on LISP, and talked about it while having dinner.
> http://www.stallman.org/articles/texas.html
(That was quite a funny article. I guess I wouldn't fit into Texan culture 
either.) 
I didn't see anything there about RMS other than a great sense of humour and 
Joie de vivre.

> #2: Anyone who insists on riding on the coat tails of Linus et. al. by
> calling it "GNU/Linux", despite being told "STFU!!!" loudly by Linus et.
> al.
I don't see the problem. GNU is a huge part of the picture. 
And "riding on the coat tails of Linus" betrays your bias. You use a trite 
phrase to sweep history and fact under the rug.

The naming thing is PotatOH potAHto. I use "Linux" because it's quicker, but I 
always keep in mind what's involved. When I speak or write to the uninformed, 
I always use "GNU/Linux."

> and who then RIPS whole chunks out of the Linux Kernel for 
> inclusion in HURD, but refuses to call it Linux/Hurd, isn't just weird,
> they're an asshat of epic, hypocritical proportions.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
I didn't find ref. to this hypocrisy in that article, did you invent that?

Look, it's simple. Just because you may or may not personally like RMS has 
nothing to do with the situation. It's strawman and ad-hominem to dismiss the 
GPL and the good sense behind it by attacking personalities.

/d

-- 
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.
-- Voltaire