[Pan-users] Re: OT: GNU/Linux Was: clearing headers?

[Greg Lee]

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:34:55 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> As for credit, yes, they deserve and get credit for the apps they
> created.  Great.  But insisting on ranking one's own credit so highly
> for a collected work, as with the SugarCRM license, simply wouldn't and
> couldn't work if everyone were to demand it.  That's what was wrong with
> SugarCRM (before they switched position and adopted the GPL), it's what
> was wrong with the XFree86 policy change that lead to the XFree86/X.org
> fork, and it's what is wrong with the GNU/Linux demands.  I clearly
> respect Stallman and his general beliefs enough to quote him, and they
> shape much of how I live my computing life, but I simply can't see why
> /he/ can't see this, except to chalk it up to the personal quirks/
> failings that we all have in some area of our life.

Stallman /can/ see it; he has discussed this point, and he agrees with
you.  He does not demand the name GNU/Linux.  He argues that it's
appropiate and asks that it be used because this is the right thing
to do.

-- 
Greg