On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:04:45PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > So if Linus wasn't entirely clear to begin with that he wanted GPLv2 > only, then that is just too bad? Well why not then say that if the > GPLv2 didn't say that what Tivo did was bad, then too bad, you can't > change your mind later. The FSF can't have it both ways.
Of course they can - as any politician. What, do you really think that Bernd wakes up, looks in a mirror and spits in disgust? I very much doubt that. Here's how that kind of stuff works: to be a successful politician one needs to have ideals. The more, the better. Then there always will be an ideal advanced by action one wants to take. Experienced politician is one that will be able to pick those automatically. And feel damn righteous at that. Of course they can have it both ways - just say something like "we work for the greater good of users", "what advances our goals helps the interests of users", "we'll read both cases in a way that helps the interests of users", "we are consistent in helping the interests of users". And at that point any talk of inconsistencies will be deflected by the highly moral considerations. End of story. Sprinkle with generic constructs making the critics easier to ignore ("they do it because they are Bad"/"they do it because they had been seduced by Evil"/ "they just parrot somebody"/"they do it because of <random psychobubble>"/ "they do it because of wrong ideology"/"they do it because of ego") and enjoy. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/