Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 04:26 PM, Rick Moen wrote: > [ ... ] > > I'm concerned that this discussion is starting to chase a chimaera: > > That > > is, some BSD and ex-NeXT types started blitzing this mailing list with > > fervent (but mistaken) concerns about the OSI either being or becoming > > a lobby for the GNU General Public Licence. > > It's easy to refer to people as being of "some type", and to dismiss > their comments or arguments as not being worthy of consideration > because of "who they are" rather than "what they say".
That's true. It's not what Rick did, mind you, but it's a true statement. > I don't find the experience of having someone claim that I'm "blitzing > this mailing list" with "chimaerical" arguments because of the > operating systems I've used to be any more pleasant than I would find > someone disagreeing with me because of the color of my skin. > Prejudice isn't one of your prettier failings, Rick. That's not what Rick did, either. Ian -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
