Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:28:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:28:02 -0400 Received: from smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.137]:4619 "EHLO smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:28:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:27:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel To: Rik van Riel cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Free speech is really not at danger here. The problem is something > > completely different. Linux is still a free software project and the > > question is how seriously do we take this? > > IMHO Linux would stop being a free software project the moment > we start telling Linus what he can and can't distribute in his > copy of the kernel. We are telling him that all the time, it's another question whether he listens to us and so far he was very good at listening to us. If Linus would stop doing this, he would risk a fork. If that happened, the project would continue, although weakened. > Freedom includes the freedom for people to promote an opinion > that isn't the same as yours. Do you have to promote the opinion of other people? What happens if you promote an opinion, which conflicts with your action? bye, Roman - 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/