Re: [ba-ohs-talk] More bad news about the GPL License: Fwd:[Gxl] GCC Licencing and XML extracts
Eric,
Sorry about the confusion. (01)
Richard is not on this mailling-list, you will have to
write to him directly. (02)
To clear up the subject :
I had bcced him on my original mail for his
information on the subject of the GPL.
He decided to reply to everyone. (03)
Mike
--- Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@sun.com> wrote:
> Richard Stallman wrote:
>
> > I do use the GNU GPL; what I don't do is support
> the open source
> > movement. It was formed in 1998 specifically to
> reject the idealism
> > of the free software movement which I founded.
> Ever since, their
> > publicity has put their name on the operating
> system we developed, on
> > the community we built, and even on our selves.
> If you have seen articles
> > associate me with "open source", that is the
> reason why.
> >
> > Please see
>
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
> > for a full explanation.
>
> Well, that was interesting reading with respect to
> who said what, on which
> subjects, and when. But I didn't see a clear
> definition for either "open
> source" or "free software" anywhere in it.
>
> Can you elucidate?
>
>
>
> (04)
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James Michael DuPont (05)
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