Floor Terra wrote:
On Jan 6, 2008 7:42 PM, L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Floor Terra wrote:
I have no problem problem with name calling but what do you hope to
accomplish by you request to call GNU bullshit?
Although my opinion of GNU is not as positive as it was before this
whole RMS vs OpenBSD discussion, I will not insult people just to
receive
free gifts
Floor Terra
"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with
substance."
--Sam Brown
Well, it is my opinion that GNU/FreeSoftware is bull s h i t and it
should be called Stallmanist software. I know that is not the opinion of
everyone.. and I know some of you do not think GNU is bull s h i t. And
I apologize to those people who do not think a lot of it is bull s h i t.
But...regardless, GNU is bull s h i t.
The whole GNU philosophy goes ON, and ON, and ON, and continues to get
more complicated.
It is like a complicated piece of code that keeps getting more
complicated.
The algorithm, must be simplified and minimal. The license is just an
algorithm in words. And GNU licenses are way too complex of an
algorithm. They cause so many complications it reminds me of those 5
page PROPRIETARY licenses.
When I find a complex algorithm, I call bull s h i t. And you, with a
sense of humor, are to do the same.. or just don't reply and don't get
your gift ;-)
I agree with you, but I don't think I feel as strong about it as you do.
And I think you missed my point: Why do you feel the need do "pay"
people just to insult GNU?
I appreciate your play on "free as in beer". In fact, I would really like
to try brewing sometime. But why not offer these gifts for bugfixes?
Floor Terra
It is not insulting GNU.. it is allowing people to tell the truth.
By telling the truth, people get rewarded. Insults, are sometimes the truth.
For example if I say: that person that robbed the bank is an idiot.
That is an insult.. but it is true.
Okay, enough sense of humor for today ;-)
I will provide free gifts for bug fixes too. I am not part of the
OpenBSD devel team yet as I am a really new openbsd user...and cannot
know who has sent bug fixes.. I can only know who sent me bug fixes for
my Powtils web framework that I develop.
The BULL s h i t offer is very automated and easy for me to administer..
people sent me some emails and I scanned the email for the bull s h i t
characters with a script. A bug fix would be harder to determine, as I
would have to filter through the open bsd mailing lists and find people
who had fixed bugs.
Ultimately, the bull s h i t offer was more convenient and easier to
"manage" or administer, basically.
L505
Talking Bull
