> -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Kurt Wall > Envoye : mardi 28 mai 2002 13:34 > A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Linuxandmain <snip>
> > I find it a strange point of view for a site that is Linux oriented and > > which apparently is very pro-software patents... > > I find free software monotonality very strange. And tiresome, boorish, and > intellectually shallow. The proposition that someone who is pro-Linux > cannot also support, or at least be open to the discussion of, software > patents *** So the choice is given to a chosen view to prevent others in the near future from choosing what they want to... choose!? One of Linux strong points being the community spirit, I think peoples choices to use this system are based partly on its technical supremacy and partly on the community spirit which allows great things to be a achieved. As far as I understood, the Linux community is *against* patents in any form. A Linux site, by definition, represents the community, not an individual and thusly can not act as a representative of the said group and have opinions which are against its point of view. This will otherwise discredit the group as a whole. What can your arguments against patents and its bad influence be when your representatives are either openly going the same way (Red Hat) or sleeping with the devil (Linuxandmain)? >(which does not equate to "non-free software," by the way) > contravenes one of Linux's most basic themes: CHOICE. News flash: having > CHOICE means I can choose not to adopt the free software party line. The difference of approach is the "I" in the last phrase. I was looking at the issue more from a "we" point of view... As I said, we are not talking about an user, we are talking about a Linux site, an institution if you want. It represents more than one user. So in that context it has a function of representing what the community, not "a user" stands for. I do not think it has anything to do with liberty of choice but with principals and having a clear agenda. Cheers, Zoran. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
