Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
This "paper" is no more convincing then the one linked in your earlier message. The author makes many of the same errors he accuses Stallman of making, and some more on top of it. Kind of amusing since he tries to wrap his sloppy analysis in references to Aristotle. The number of unsupported assertions made in this "carefully laid down critique" is staggering. The logic is wonderful as well. I love how he "proves" that "working hard with diligence begets success". His bio says he's applied to Oxford for a program in political economics. I think he could definitely use some more schooling in the subject, and he should stop assuming he knows what motivated William Wadsworth, Anne Bronte, or any other author. I'd like to know what motivated Subhasish Ghosh to get multiple Microsoft certifications and then turn to the study of political economics rather than be part of what he assumes will be the triumph of proprietary software over free software, since Stallman is obviously a better programmer than philosopher. Yes, I know how silly that sounds.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/aggregator/sources/7?from=60
The GNU Project and Free Software Foundation (FSF) are based on a philosophy commonly referred to as the GNU Philosophy (can be read at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html) postulated and written in detail by Richard Stallman. The whole concept of free (open-source) software hovers around this very philosophical concept. While contemplating his glorious past, Stallman seemed to forget one very significant point about his philosophy: That he more closely symbolized Marxist ideas and thoughts therein. He tried edifying Marxist principles in software industry in the very realms of imperfect society without much understanding of Marx's real thoughts about improving society. This paper is a carefully laid down critique of GNU Philosophy in a manner as candor as possible pointing the many pitfalls of the superannuated GNU philosophy.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10030
Glenn
