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f0dder:
...explanation from an objective person

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There is such a thing as an objective person on software licenses?  :D
-Gothi[c] (February 18, 2008, 10:04 AM)
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There's probably more objective people than Mr Zealot himself? ;)

Gothi[c]:
There's probably more objective people than Mr Zealot himself? Wink

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See, there we go with the name calling already :P

Armando:
GPL version 3 seems interesting. But there'S certainly no unanimity around it. Linus Torvald (another very objective figure  :)), for instance,  repeatedly said that he wouldn't (single handedly) adopt it for the Linux Kernel (of course, IIRC partly because he feels that he's not alone in that decision : so many people contributed to the kernel that it's not only his decision anymore; and he doesn't see how it could help linux development better, and how it would really help fighting "Tivoization").

housetier:
Linus Torvalds is also not a member of the FSF and does not "fight" for the 4 fundamental freedoms as RMS does. I saw Mr Stallman live in Berlin last Monday, where he gave a long speech about the freedoms, and the history of GNU. He is a very smart man, and has a vision to change society.

Mr Tovalds is also very smart, but not so worried about society and their freedoms.

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