Re: GPLv3, was: Copying off Time Machine?

"William H. Magill" spake on Thursday 04-Oct-2012@00:35:08
> Stallman has hated Steve Jobs as long as I can remember. It was =
Stallman who, when asked about the death of Steve Jobs,  said "I=92m not =
glad he=92s dead, but I=92m glad he=92s gone". =46rom Stallman's =
personal blog:
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>   =93Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, =
designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.
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>   As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor =
Daley, =93I=92m not glad he=92s dead, but I=92m glad he=92s gone.=94 =
Nobody deserves to have to die =96 not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even =
people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of =
Jobs=92 malign influence on people=92s computing.
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>   Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can =
only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will =
be less effective.=94

Thanks for the reminder of what a world-class dickhead Stallman is, I'd =
forgotten about his crass and insulting comments about Jobs when he =
died.

I certainly agree that the FreeSoftware model is in serious trouble, and =
I think that GPLv3 will end up being the poison pill for GPL.

However, I think the other Open Source licenses are in relatively good =
shape at this point, and there are certainly benefits to having programs =
like Apache and SHA-2 (and SHA-3) be open source.


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