Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:06:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:06:33 -0400 Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.139]:20744 "EHLO smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:06:32 -0400 Message-ID: <3CCC5638.9A8DD129@linux-m68k.org> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 22:06:16 +0200 From: Roman Zippel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Gooch CC: Larry McVoy , Daniel Phillips , Linus Torvalds , Ian Molton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre... In-Reply-To: <200204271859.g3RIxHo16889@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <200204281740.g3SHeuw25285@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Richard Gooch wrote: > OK, I'll add this link, but I'd feel more comfortable adding this if > there was a URL I could quote for the opposing view, and hence be more > balanced. But I guess no-one has bothered to write a manifesto. If > someone has or does, let me know. > > The purpose of the FAQ entry isn't to support a particular view, but > to serve as a "State of the Community" notice. Then you should remove the "all software wants to be free (and hence all non-free/proprietary software is evil)" part, that was hardly demanded by the "Community". Read the link I gave you, it's about protecting free software, it's not about forcing our views onto others. 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/