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New I found it!
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(edited link to actually point to the RMS post)
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
Expand Edited by cwbrenn Aug. 9, 2005, 03:16:35 PM EDT
New *chuckle*
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Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 


New But note that...
by the end of that year Bruce Perens was talking about this as a loophole and had ideas on how to fix it.

It may well be that RMS' opinion changed in the intervening 6 years. I consider that fair and reasonable, my opinions on lots of things have changed in the last 6 years.

However if he did come out with something like this, I'd be amused as well.

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
New On the other hand...
Bruce Perens is a dialectical anomaly and changes his mind about everything at least twice a year. :)
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
New You change tactics, not philosophy
In some cases, I would agree that it is antisocial to make a useful
modification and not release it. But if a license made that illegal,
if a license did not allow people to make and use their own private
changes, without publishing them, I would consider the license
unacceptably restrictive. People should always have the right to
share with their neighbors, but compelling people to share can be
wrong, especially when it conflicts with privacy rights.
He's talking philosophy there. When you change that, you're probably a hypocrit. Let's see if he can bring himself to say, "I was wrong."
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New Point
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
     GPL, Version 3 - (pwhysall) - (19)
         Yeah, I should have branched this far earlier... - (imric) - (9)
             In what way - (JayMehaffey) - (8)
                 Employment. - (imric) - (7)
                     We shall see - (JayMehaffey) - (6)
                         GAH. - (imric) - (5)
                             Re: GAH. - (JayMehaffey)
                             Try this - (drewk) - (3)
                                 No, Drew. YOU did. - (imric) - (2)
                                     Yeah, I was agreeing with you - (drewk) - (1)
                                         *chuckle* Sorry. Paranoia at work. -NT - (imric)
         Re: GPL, Version 3 - (cwbrenn) - (8)
             That is interesting - (SpiceWare) - (7)
                 Maybe. - (cwbrenn) - (6)
                     I found it! - (cwbrenn) - (5)
                         *chuckle* -NT - (imric)
                         But note that... - (ben_tilly) - (3)
                             On the other hand... - (cwbrenn)
                             You change tactics, not philosophy - (drewk) - (1)
                                 Point -NT - (ben_tilly)

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