making excuses for Linus

making excuses for Linus

Posted Apr 7, 2006 15:46 UTC (Fri) by stevenj (guest, #421)
In reply to: Linus' comments on GPLv3 by drag
Parent article: Bruce Perens: State of Open Source

I think you're trying too hard to make excuses for Linus...

Don't you think that better way to keep people "actually working on code" and not "getting pissed off" would be to say simply, "It's too early to tell, let's wait until GPLv3 is finalized and released?" Or better, "if you have concerns, take them to the GPLv3 committees rather than the linux-kernel mailing list—that's what I'm going to do."

Do you honestly think that calling the GPLv3 "insane" and "obviously not usable", or saying that it tries to "force people to bow to our superior God," helps people to "get along" and avoids a "licensing war?"

As for equating "leadership" to making snap judgements and then sticking to them regardless of the facts or the persuasiveness of opposing arguments, I find that appalling (but all too typical of recent times).

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