<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sun, 2006-02-07 at 01:46 +0100, deanlinkous wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> RMS as snide and snarky and jealous and all that....I dont think so. I have never seen him as any of that. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> What was that about the Han Solo Award and the Rebel Alliance again?... That was 100% pure snark. And the fact that he got noticeably annoyed after people laughed only to get very strident and insistent on the fact that it's really GNU with its Linux sidekick in the subsequent speech tells me that he wasn't really joking. And not once in that speech did he credit Xorg. It was all GNU this and GNU that and only a little bit of Linux this other thing. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> He may be upset about something and be a little haughty IF others are being so but even that is rare. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Let's just say your impression of him and mine are different and leave it at that. I've read and/or watched a lot of interviews with him. He came across as strident, combative and whiny in almost every one. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> GNU/Linux.... Well would you mind if I took a bunch of your work, added it to my work and then just used my name? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> That would depend on my motivation for it. Were I expecting to profit from my work? Damn skippy I'd be upset! Upset to the point of court. Were I doing it for "freedom"? Not so damn skippy. Further, I've never actually seen Linus Torvalds (or anybody else, for that matter) claim credit for the GNU components. Indeed I don't think I'd have to look for long to find a counter-example of this. RMS is just too hung up on specific wording to notice that nobody is taking away credit for his contribution! And then, hypocritically, he's not giving credit to several other major contributors who made free software what it is today, most noticeably the Xorg crowd. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists." --Abraham Lincoln </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>