On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 6:40 PM Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:
> > Well the difference in views between the two is different at a
> fundamental
> > level. So neither side accepts the others' view as fundamentally
> compatible
> > on the main issue: what is free software, of any species?
>
> Both side have (and will) adjust their acts based on practical
> considerations, so fundamental disagreements on some details *can* be
> overcome if necessary. It's just that currently they foolishly don't
> realize that their intransigence works against them (IMO, obviously).
>
That I agree with. And it mirrors the earlier FSF/linux-kernel "labeling"
friction. But I never saw that as a Torvalds vs. Stallman conflict as many
presented it, the issue is fundamental.
And everyone from MSoft and IBM to AWS and Google know how to exploit it.
Stefan
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