From: Pau (vim.unixgooglemail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2008 - 09:39:37 CDT

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| That appears to be the main idea behind Pau's
| comment.

was that so difficult to understand?

Anyway, I don't give two faeces, my son and I have had fun all day
dancing the "Home to Hypocrisy"!

A nice mixture of Jason and the argonauts and that character, hypokrite5s

2008/4/12, Lars Noodin <larsumich.edu>:
> Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:23:23PM +0300, Lars Nood?n wrote:
> >> Pau wrote:
> >>> ... I don't think it's a good idea to sow more discord
> >>> ...than what there's already...
> >> Most of what's there is probably not naturally occurring.
> >>
> >> Just to drive home that point, see p39, pp 45-55, and p 119 of
> >> plaintiff exhibit 3096 from Comes v Microsoft (the "Iowa case")
> >> http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf
> >
> > huh?
>
>
> Ok. For the intentionally or unintentionally obtuse:
>
> 1) Both variants (and representative individuals e.g. RMS and Theo)
> encourage making useful software, using the software, and making money
> from the software.
>
> 2) Copyright statements (aka licenses) are just another tool. Different
> tools are needed to accomplish different tasks. Use the right tool for
> the right job. Get over it.
>
> 3) There is one difference between the two in one aspect of how
> 'freedom' is defined, especially in the context of software copyright
> statements. They're not going to agree, they don't have to agree.
> Get over it.
>
> 4) Other than that difference, there is great overlap between the chosen
> copyright statements. That appears to be the main idea behind Pau's
> comment.
>
> 5) Cultivating antagonism between allies *is* a key part of the strategy
> used by the main opponent to OpenBSD. It wastes resources. In
> contrast, constructive competition leads to improvement.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Lars

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