Path: utzoo!yunexus!oz From: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: The GNU Public License (who cares?) Message-ID: <3019@yunexus.UUCP> Date: 1 Aug 89 20:40:20 GMT Article-I.D.: yunexus.3019 References: <26@ark1.nswc.navy.mil> <26719@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <5351@ficc.uu.net> <9655@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <1989Jul30.210646.12194@twwells.com> Reply-To: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Organization: York U. Communications Research & Development Lines: 37 In article <1989Jul30.210646.12194@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com T. William Wells writes: >Most of the anti-GNUs have learned that arguing with those who >approve of the GNU philosophy is like arguing with medieval religious >fanatics: there is no positive gain to be had, and one is likely to >get torched as well! ... I do not see why anyone should bother. FSF & GNUzoids have the right to copyright their stuff the way they like, and attach as much religion & strings as they can stomach. The GNU stuff is re-engineered and value added tools that can be found in the public domain, or can be purchased. I, by careful choice, decided not use any of the GNU tools, because I have enough of kitchen sinks and unreadable/inpenetrable "FREE" stuff already, and I do not need more (regardless of how fast and seemingly useful it is), especially when there is a religion attached to it. [Also, I like hoarding, and to make sure everybody can hoard my stuff, I release my software as PD ;-)] The point is, most everything FSF has, there is a PD or quasi-PD version of the same thing either in the works, or already out there, not to mention the commercially available versions. If one does not like GNUilosophy, one may reverse-engineer the software (if it is worth it), and make it PD !! [Oh, on the way, one must try to figure out what feetures to TAKE OUT !! It appears that GNU folks don't know how to make things as simple as possible (but not simpler).] What I am really interested in is ALTERNATIVES, and while GNU software is an alternative to some things (for some people), there are alternatives to GNU software as well, and no doubt there will be more. happy rehacking. oz -- They are like the Zen students who, Usenet: oz@nexus.yorku.ca when the master points at the moon, ......!uunet!utai!yunexus!oz continue to stare at his finger.... Bitnet: oz@[yulibra|yuyetti] P. da Silva Phonet: +1 416 736-5257x3976