2010/9/27 sreekanth sasikanth <[email protected]> > I mean no offense here. But i would like to say that this discussion > on Licenses is going beyond the boundaries. Its informative i agree. But the > discussions have become so heated up and arguing, that its becoming like a > "Political fight".
Sreekanth, Why do you think so? Is it because of the number of mails? If you have gone back, the discussions are based on mutual respect and not flame war. People accept their mistakes, and it helped at least me to get different views. Instead of a political fight, it clearly shows a model for great debates. Why should we be afraid of questions of differing opinions? Diverse views are always important in any democracy. > I feel its like ministers fighting and arguing around a table for > days, withtout actually getting out and doing their duty of executing > projects for the betterment of the state!!. Its my request to take this to > your respective personal emails. I would be really happy if this mailing list > was a place where people could find practical knowledge on how to get their > GNU running. After all, Ministers are bound by duty. Are we bound by such a duty? Here every one has their own views and ideas of what they want to do, what they expect them to do etc. So the practical way is avoid threads that does not interest someone than forcing people to stop discussing. I don't think, everyone reads, every single mail that comes to the list. > "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" - This is what the > mailing list is about. > > So please share your knowledge with us, rather than arguing > amongst each other on this matter. Please make this mailing list a place > where new comers can refer for software freedom. Just imagine what the new > comer would feel regarding this argument???... NOTHING!!...he wont understand > a hell thing most probably, and may even stop reading or replying to the > mailing list. We are not in a traditional teacher student setup, where asking questions or having different opinion is considered bad. I was attending a seminar yesterday in Pune and I asked one question each to 3 speakers, and when I asked the third questions, the VC of Gujarat university, became so angry and fumed at me, "why are you asking so many questions?" One does not have to agree on everything to work together on things they agree on. I have learned so many new things from this thread and Siju is going to teach many basic things in his coming days. I'm sure it will be greatly useful to any new comer. Please ask questions when you have doubts. Why do we worry about debates going on an on? It will eventually stop when people run out of arguments. Plus there is no artificial limits to number of mails in a thread. Also it is not a one on one dialog either, there are more than 5 people in that thread. When we are discussing about very basic things - basis of ones beliefs, it tends to be passionate and confrontational. But as long as we keep our cool and respect others, we should be OK. > NB: Its only and only a suggestion i have to say. Its solely the decision of > the mailing personnel to stop it or not. I wouldnt argue with anyone on this > mail i am sending now. It in not bad to argue, when it is based on facts, logic and respect. I believe we have those ingredients in our debates. As long as we don't go to personal fights, please continue arguing. It is not just a tech support group. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
