RJack <u...@example.net> writes: > 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.
Feel free to do the same. Oh, you already do. Could there be a reason why nobody picks _your_ utterances up? > 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. A lot of judgments happen one way or the other without earth-shattering consequences. So there is even less reason to get all excited over hypothetical judgments. > So, how many blogs have noted this fact? "fact" as a term for describing hypothetical consequences for a hypothetical event is definitely not the normal use of the word. > 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. It's not like you would tire sounding that trumpet of doom. After a few years of that, the excitement wears off a bit. > I wonder how the Blogosphere will react to the death of "copyleft". I recommend learning the use of the subjunctive mode when you are spilling one of your wet fantasies. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
