movies, open source, RMS and linux...

[Michael Sokolov]

Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:

> I absolutely see RMS as the father of the open intellectual 
> "property" revolution, not just open software.  Bu after the SIGLinux 
> deal, I have to say he's gone right over the top.

The fundamental problem with RMS is that he cannot make a distinction
between free software / open source *philosophy* (which ought to be
applicable to *all* platforms regardless of technology) and his GNU
project, which is one very specific technology with one very specific
set of *technical* design decisions behind it (which I happen to disagree
with most emphatically).  The problem can be seen in how www.fsf.org
redirects to www.gnu.org (or at least it did last time I visited).

MS