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Please don't use RMS and ESR in the same sentence. That's as bad as using Free Software and Open Source in the same sentence. ESR coined to term Open Source to
by SimHacker 13y ago
Please don't use RMS and ESR in the same sentence. That's as bad as using Free Software and Open Source in the same sentence. ESR coined to term Open Source to attack RMS's definition of Free Software, and they are mortal enemies.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.h...
Insofar as RMS considers Linus Torvalds a hacker or thinks anything positive about him, that would be because he made the Linux kernel GPL, not Open Source. RMS says of Torvalds: "Well, you can see that he is a person who doesn’t believe in freedom."
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/195096/stallman_want_freedom_don_t_follow_linus_torvalds/ http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/195096/stallman_want...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1646814 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1646814
http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=31990 http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=31990
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/unjustifiable_criticism_richard_stallman_linus_torvalds http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/unjustifiable_c...
- atmosx 13y agoThanks for the pointers :-) I knew about Linus and RMS not getting along but didn't about ESR and RMS rivalry :-)