On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:28:40 -0500, RJack wrote: > It is amazing to watch the communication strategy that Free Software > advocates utilize in promoting their socialist goals. The FSF and > SFLC have created an efficient network of Astroturf sites that is > dedicated to promoting their goals. Moglen, Perens, Khun, Lessig and > a growing list of "advocates" routinely pop up and utter some > pronouncement concerning the undefined concept known as "open source" > or F/L/OSS. These utterances are then picked up and amplified throughout > the Blogosphere and quickly assume an aura of invincible truth. > > The fanfare and sheer volume of internet posts surrounding the > announcement that the SFLC had filed suit against Best Buy and thirteen > other corporations was impressive. I Googled [sflc "best buy" > infringement] and received 67,400 hits (an unscientific but relevant > search). Obviously the announcement was considered an important > development. Best Buy countersued for a declaratory judgment of > non-infringement. A judgment of non-infringement in favor of Best Buy > would utterly demolish the myth of Richard Stallman's "copyleft" > principle. So, how many blogs have noted this fact? I Googled > [sflc "best buy" "non-infringement"] and received 34 hits. Free Software > advocates are obviously great at practicing the politics of communication. > > One poster to these news groups, amicus curious, aptly pointed out that > the SFLC was probably going to be able to walk away with propaganda > "victories" through voluntary dismissals until some company found it > financially worthwhile to end the SFLC's legal charades. It appears that > circumstance is well nigh at hand. I wonder how the Blogosphere will > react to the death of "copyleft". > > Sincerely, > RJack :)
Every time I start mining the blogosphere I keep coming up with a shovel full of pyrite = fool's gold = Roy Schestowitz Propoganda. He has literally polluted just about everything that used to be good WRT Linux and the discussion of Linux. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
