On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:59:22 -0500, Rich Pieri wrote: > On 2/19/2016 12:46 AM, Steve Litt wrote: >> Go on any Linux **USER GROUP** mailing list, and *BSD is seen as a close >> cousin. > > This is likely true. > >> Yeah, RMS and Linus can be dicks, but I don't think the entire >> GNU/Linux community should be judged on their actions. > > You are technically correct: we should not be judged by their actions. > > We should be judged by our actions. Or inaction. By allowing or > encouraging RMS and Linus to continue being dicks in their roles as > leaders and speakers for the GNU and Linux communities, we grant them > tacit approval for their behavior.
Fine. Go fork the Linux kernel and GNU userland and do a better job than Linus and RMS. Problem solved. -- Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> *** MIT Engineers A Proud Tradition http://mitathletics.com *** Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
