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How did this guy manage to write an entire article on GNU, the FSF, and ultimately open-source, without once mentioning Richard Stallman's name?
by droptablemain 8y ago
How did this guy manage to write an entire article on GNU, the FSF, and ultimately open-source, without once mentioning Richard Stallman's name?
- AceJohnny2 8y agoBecause it's irrelevant to the point of the article. It's not about who or the minutia of what happened (what!? no mention of the printer driver!?), it's about the driving principles and the landscape we have today.
- droptablemain 8y agoUmm, generally speaking, it is a common courtesy when quoting someone -- for example -- several blocks of text from Stallman, to at least mention their name. Meanwhile, every founding member of the OSI is mentioned.
- steveklabnik 8y agoBecause: 1. I tried to write the article without mentioning anyone's name. 2. I didn't like it as much as when I quoted from particular sources, so I started putting names in. 3. Personally, I am more sympathetic to RMS and more biased against esr. I really, really struggled to actually link to esr in this piece, but in the end, decided it was right. But I just didn't think about Stallman. My desire to work against my bias ended up just biasing my work. Writing is hard.
- droptablemain 8y agoFair enough.