Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing
Yiannis (ipm@soc.unl.ac.uk)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:25:04 +0000 (GMT)
> | > And in particular, NOT ON LINUX-KERNEL!
> | hmmm...let me see if i got this straight..if GPL is the issue ,then if
> | the afore mentioned software is not free or has some weird fine print that
> | doesnt make it free/hackable/whatever then why bother about this whole
> | discussion since people will a)not use it, or b)steal it (see warez) ...
> +--->8
>
> The only thing being accomplished by this is (1) the flamers get to run
> free, (2) the intransigent KDE and GTK types who are trying to avoid
> solutions are making themselves and the entire free softwaere movement look
> bad in public, and (3) actual free software work is being disrupted because
> the flamewar is so important to every single Linux list.
>
true about appearances...but there are so many ways to reach out to people
and tell them "this software has got clauses that do not really make it
free" and leave the rest to natural selection...
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