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Weblog:   Creativity, Flow, and Joy in Programming
Subject:   I love to program, too. But...
Date:   2002-08-05 12:07:58
From:   brettglass
Response to: I love to program, too. But...

You write:


> You are telling me what I am thinking?


No, I'm telling you that you're misusing
terminology in a way that's intended to confuse
and mislead.... Just as the FSF does in its
propaganda. If you're smart, you won't be fooled
by that propaganda.


> I know the difference between Commercial and
> Proprietory and I only dislike Proprietory
> programs.


If that were true, then you would not support
the GPL. The purpose of the GPL is to destroy
vendors and authors of *commercial* software.


> You claim the GNU Operating System cannot exist


No, I did not claim that. However, I do state
that the GPL is unconscionable (and likely
unenforceable) and that such code should be
licensed under a truly free license -- not one
which makes the code very un-free as the GPL
does. (I note that you use the term "Free
Software", with initial caps, indicating that
you may have swallowed the FSF's propaganda hook,
line and sinker. I hope that this is not the case.


> A lot of your comments are pure propaganda


Not so at all. They're supported, 100%, by fact,
and their purpose is to expose the FSF's
misleading and deceptive propaganda.


> and your views are tainted by money from
> what I have read.


I see. You claim that you work as a mechanic.
Does that mean that if you believe that you
should be paid for your work your views are
"tainted by money?"


> Insert coin to play again.


No thanks. You sound too much like a broken
record -- parroting the FSF's "party line" --
already.


--Brett Glass

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  • I love to program, too. But...
    2002-08-22 07:54:49  cortlandt [Reply | View]

    Thank You Brett,

    I don't know what to believe yet, but I think you have made some good points here and I sympathise with the effects to you personally.

    What little I have done I've given to the public free for whatever use is desired and if this article's survey is accurate, that's the way it should be.

    Chexsum. Given your motivations, do you see any reason not to use the BSD license instead of GPL?
  • I love to program, too. But...
    2002-08-08 02:22:02  chexsum [Reply | View]

    http://www.adti.net/html_files/defense/need%20to%20purchase%20opensource%20white%20paper.pdf is an interesting read.

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