On 4/9/2021 4:31 AM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote:
I'm sorry Ralf, when did I actively characterize Richard Stallman
alone as God's gift to the problem of software monopolies and hardware
monopolies etcetera? That doesn't seem to be a respectful thing to
push concerning Richard Stallman and what about other people in the
open source movement for that matter some of whom he works with? As
far as stringing conspiracy theories together, which ones are you
referring to as I find this to be a curious and interesting comment?
I could be deeply offended, but if Covid 19 has taught me anything it
has taught me that we need to be open minded and patient with one
another The lack of hope too many of us are fighting thanks to this
stupid virus not being under control and we are not vaccinated against
it yet creates a challenge to think about: patience, prayer, and
openness to one another. Now is a good time to solve problems in
concert with other people instead of creating more problems that won't
get fixed :-)
I don't know why you attack me personally, just because I agree with
someone else's reply to your nonsense post.
And yes, all your deflection just makes you look like one of the fanbois
of the cult of St. IGNUcius. Stallman "might" have had a nice idea, but
it ended in utter chaos, that just added to more confusion as far as
Open Source goes. GPL (2) was pretty much the worst that ever happened
in the Open Source world, which is also indicated by the fact that they
came up with the LGPL and later GPL 3 to remedy a lot of the short
comings/flaws of the original GPL. And this has led to the whole flurry
of different Open Source license since.
And don't get me started on RMS and the FSF's attempt to
(mis)appropriate Linux...
But what has been the issue for RMS dismissal from the FSF two years ago
has been the fact that he is a downright morally corrupt individual as
he as shown in his reply to the whole Minsky issue. There is a reason
why he got kicked out of MIT in the wake of it as well as the
subsequent resignation of several other board members of the FSF when he
all the sudden tried to sneak in through the back door.
Furthermore concerning Stallman, I've never met him myself where I
think we all need to take it easy when we are tempted to say things
about someone we haven't met. Jim Hall of course has met Richard
Stallman, but I see Jim that you are very conservative in what you say
despite having some very reasonable concerns about the man. Concern
is better than a lot of other things, concern can be positive and
useful. I can be a part of a healthy conversation, otherwise I have
to respectfully withdraw.
Once again, you make a totally false assumption. I did have the
misfortune to meet (luckily not in a one-on-one conversation) him in the
mid/late '80s on a conference. And back then he showed already all the
signs of a bully and downright arrogant and ignorant personality. And
that wasn't helped that I had personal conversations with employees from
both LMI and Symbolics back in those days that knew him and that shed a
somewhat different light on what led to him being dismissed from the AI
lab and his "invention" of the GPL...
Ralf
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