Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031294AbWI1FPU (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:15:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031293AbWI1FPU (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:15:20 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:50904 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031294AbWI1FPS (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:15:18 -0400 Message-ID: <451B5A59.9040806@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:15:05 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chase Venters CC: Sergey Panov , Linus Torvalds , Patrick McFarland , Theodore Tso , Alan Cox , Jan Engelhardt , James Bottomley , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1159415242.13562.12.camel@sipan.sipan.org> <200609272339.28337.chase.venters@clientec.com> In-Reply-To: <200609272339.28337.chase.venters@clientec.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-6; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1149 Lines: 27 Chase Venters wrote: > I sympathize with Richard on his avoidance of "open-source". I don't > necessarily take the same view, but I understand that his big concern is that > the message he feels is important will be lost. I also think some of the > things I've heard from the "open-source" side are too extreme - take, for > instance, ESR's idea that we don't need the GPL license at all. That sounds > like a nice world he's living in, but I'm not sure we're all on the same > planet yet. ESR is a nutcase too. > The final GPLv3 may indeed go too far for many open-source supporters. But > then again, it is the FSF's license, and it should at least not surprise > anyone if they are more concerned with the ideals of the license rather than > current market realities. Market conditions change; ideals generally don't. As long as you can admit that FSF is divorced from reality... Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/