On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:32 AM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> If we award it to Linus and then next year RMS we have two years without >> a politician winning the award. If nothing else it would help to >> improve the image of the award. >> > > Why not give in the ACM Turing award? > He seems better qualified for anyway. > > http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?awd=140 > > Andrew > >> Dave >> >> >> On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 10:03 -0600, andrew mcelroy wrote: >>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:31 AM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > That looks like a great idea to me. >>> > >>> > Dave >>> > >>> > On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 03:29 -0600, Russ Crawford wrote: >>> >> I can get behind this. >>> >> >>> >> http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2009/11/18/a-northwest-nobel-option/ >>> >> >>> >> Linus would be an excellent addition to this list: >>> >>> O come on! Torvalds? >>> >>> If anything it needs to be split between RMS and Torvalds. >>> >>> Without the legal framework that RMS and friends came up with >>> Linux could have remained proprietary or even BSD licensed, which would >>> essentially lead to OSX. >>> >>> >From wikipedia: >>> http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel >>> >>> "In the start, Torvalds released Linux under a license which did not >>> allow anyone to sell it. This was soon changed to the GNU General >>> Public License (GPL), during version 0.12. This license allows >>> distribution and sale of modified and unmodified versions of Linux but >>> requires that all those copies be released under the same license and >>> be accompanied by the complete corresponding source code." >>> >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/index.html >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >> [email protected]. >>> >> For more options, visit this group at >>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=. >>> >> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> > "NLUG" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected]. >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=. >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=. >> >> >> > > --
Only mostly off topic: Steven Crowder - I Gots a Peace Prize http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnLqoRtUAVg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=.
