David H. Lynch Jr. wrote:
Theo de Raadt wrote:
Hell, the OpenBSD ports tree should perhaps contain patches which
REMOVE such commercial operating system support. That's a fork
Richard would surely approve of.
Richard, your pants are full of hypocritical poo.
I have no doubt that in some context Richard is hypocritical.
Though most of us would be hard pressed to structure our lives
to be consistent with our beleifs and principles to the extent
that he has.
But this is not about EMACS, nor is it about hypocracy.
It is about OpenBSD.
You were right up until this point.
I highly doubt that many OpenBSD developers or users care whether or not
RMS endorses OpenBSD. I know I don't.
RMS has made statements which detract against OpenBSD and contradict the
actions of his own organization, the FSF. They do not even take his
fundamentalist stance with some of their own software, as pointed out by
Theo.
Calling him on his hypocrisy is this project's most reasonable defense
against his statements. Anything else would require more effort from
OpenBSD than it took RMS to muck about in the first place. And it's not
worth any additional effort.
RMS has not thrown the gauntlet at OpenBSD, he has thrown mud. We are
throwing it back because we don't feel OpenBSD deserves it.
There will never be an opportunity for cooperation between OpenBSD and
the FSF because the FSF has an agenda which is at odds with OpenBSD. The
project is trying to remove the GPL where ever possible, and I think
that is part of what motivated RMS to make his negative statements about
the OpenBSD project.
To me, the tone of your email indicates that you think we should stand
here and listen to his crap, and then try to build a relationship from
it. He didn't come here to build anything. He came here wagging his
tongue like a loon and those of us that support OpenBSD are now exposing
him for what he is.
He brought this on himself and he deserves it. Shame on him and shame on
those who try to make excuses for him.
Breeno
