Interesting read
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:38 pm
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Ugh, there are so many errors, mistruths and purposefully biased statements there that if it was a post on slashdot, I'd give it a "-1 Troll". No digg, no ping back.Hockey wrote:http://www.topology.org/linux/gpl.html
I found it interesting...or humourous at leastRoja wrote:Ugh, there are so many errors, mistruths and purposefully biased statements there that if it was a post on slashdot, I'd give it a "-1 Troll". No digg, no ping back.Hockey wrote:http://www.topology.org/linux/gpl.html
Practically worthless.
Honestly, its not worth it. Doing so would be feeding the troll (the site owner, not you).Hockey wrote:But I'm curious to get your input on why it's full of fallacies?
Wouldn't that be like asking a hairdresser if bald was beautiful???d3ad1ysp0rk wrote:I've found the best resource for getting the information on what the GPL really means for programmers, customers and everyone else!
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Never trust anyone besides yourself
First we should get your input on why or what specific parts you found interesting. No use pointing out things you might already know.Hockey wrote:But I'm curious to get your input on why it's full of fallacies?
And even then you should assume you're lyingd3ad1ysp0rk wrote:Never trust anyone besides yourself
I really would like to hear your opinion. If you are going to make a statement and refuse to back it up, I suggest not making it at all.Roja wrote: Honestly, its not worth it. Doing so would be feeding the troll (the site owner, not you).
Fair enough commentary. By commenting at all, I did, to a degree, feed the troll. However, I've become a bit exasperated at the increase of posts that are of the same style.waradmin wrote:I really would like to hear your opinion. If you are going to make a statement and refuse to back it up, I suggest not making it at all.
If someone comes and posts a link that says the earth is flat, do I need to state my credentials to doubt it? Do I need to point-by-point refute their logic?waradmin wrote:If you are going to say something is basicaly BS, explain why or you have just as much credibility as the author, none. I would believe that website over you because you dont explain what is wrong with it.
Not quite, because the GPL isn't trying to sell you anything or hide anything. The entire license is there for you to read and analyze. If what I linked to was a description OF the license, that comparison would be completely true.Hockey wrote:Wouldn't that be like asking a hairdresser if bald was beautiful???
Look the article I linked to...I simply found it interesting...maybe because of the authors comparison to animal farm...no idea...don't care...d3ad1ysp0rk wrote:Not quite, because the GPL isn't trying to sell you anything or hide anything. The entire license is there for you to read and analyze. If what I linked to was a description OF the license, that comparison would be completely true.Hockey wrote:Wouldn't that be like asking a hairdresser if bald was beautiful???
Quit responding then...honestly I don't get some of you...not once did I give any indication as to wanting to start a flame war...Everah wrote:Wow, a "Let's flame Richard Stallman" thread... This is going to be hugely productive.![]()
Seriously...
It's your software. You make the license. Let others have the source or not, it's up to you. Just don't take someone else's work and try to sell it off as your own.
Oh yeah, another key point. We, as developers, have the option of using open-source software as a base for our software. We can choose to use it or choose to start from scratch. There is no license by-law that says you have to use open-source. The only by-laws come from the license in the open-source app, which we all read and choose what we want to do from there.
</stepping down from my soapbox>
Aren't there some PHP questions to answer around here?
Except he doesn't do a comparison to Animal Farm. He mentions Animal Farm in the first paragraph, and then in the second paragraph talks about cows, which are animals, but the analogy besides being wrong has nothing to do with Animal Farm.Hockey wrote:I simply found it interesting...maybe because of the authors comparison to animal farm...no idea...don't care...
The articles are opinion, and the statements here are opinion. It is not necessarily closed minded to have an opinion.Hockey wrote:I simply posted a link to an article which I thought others might find interesting...obviously many of you prefer to keep an closed mind in favour of open source...
As evinced by this nasty attack on Knuth in his conclusion: "We really need more Donald E. Knuths in the world and less Richard M. Stallmans. The free/open software movement should look to DEK for inspiration, not RMS."Hockey wrote:You clearly didn't read the article, cuz the article actually attacks Donald Knuth...or at least targets him as the father of OSS - not Stallman.
Sort of a "Teach the Controversy" idea, but what is the controversy? All I see are a number of people who at one point or another expressed a dislike for a person or a license.Hockey wrote:I realize there is no one holding a gun to my head making me use OSS...but I think it's important to keep both sides of the story in constant disscussion...they both have their ups and downs!!!