GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) [LWN.net]

GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)

Posted Jan 25, 2007 22:35 UTC (Thu) by johnkarp (subscriber, #39285)
In reply to: GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) by sbergman27
Parent article: GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)

I don't see what you are trying to accomplish with your post. I think
GPL2/3 discussion is important, and I think it deserves at least the
quality of discussion I've seen you contribute before, and that lwn.net
normally gets.

(I have nothing against vitriolic/scathing writing per se, and in fact
enjoy it from time to time, but I still like to see substance behind it.
An individual removing swearing posted by others from their personal
website (and leaving the rest) seems like a pretty flimsy pretext for a
rant to me.)

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GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)

Posted Jan 26, 2007 10:40 UTC (Fri) by grouch (guest, #27289) [Link]

I don't see what you are trying to accomplish with your post.

It's called "trolling", although the particular troll you responded to seems awfully close to "defamation of character". Its zeal may have overwhelmed its sense of self-preservation.

Linus comments

Posted Jan 26, 2007 15:06 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link]

Linus' comments with profanity were deleted, but the ones that he reposted without profanity stayed. It appears that she's trying to keep the debate civil. Imperfectly, perhaps, but it's her website, and I have every reason to believe she's a reasonable person.