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GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)Posted Jan 26, 2007 7:06 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)In reply to: GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) by b3timmons Parent article: GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)
Failure to influence the deal in any way. I mostly agree with what you say. If you (or Bruce) wants the freedom to shoot your mouth off, that's fine by me. However, if you do, don't expect businessmen or journalists to take you seriously. And please don't try to present yourself as the voice of an industry; that role absolutely requires responsibility and decorum. Crying wolf too much can make the entire industry look bad.
So, if you want to be in a professional setting, I think it's a good idea to behave in a professional manner.
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GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 26, 2007 8:34 UTC (Fri) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link] Do Novell and MS execs read LWN? Should I be wearing a tie right now?
GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 26, 2007 17:22 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] If they did demand that, I'd proudly only read LWM in a T-shirt
GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 26, 2007 18:18 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] That depends, beoba. Are you producing press releases and sound bytes intended to be picked up in trade mags? Do you claim to be speaking for the entire community?
GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 29, 2007 17:07 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Do you expect to turn up in a court action describing a 'file of people to be killed'?
(Mind you that was definitely not Bruce's fault, and there's no way he could have anticipated anything that crazed... ;) )
GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 29, 2007 20:37 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] Hey, yeah! I'd forgotten about that. This is Bruce's comment:
http://lwn.net/Articles/107571/
I thought it was a great post. Merkey just failed th grasp the difference between "email killfile" and "file of people to kill".
GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN) Posted Jan 29, 2007 22:25 UTC (Mon) by Arker (guest, #14205) [Link] I personally would say it's entirely beyond the limits of credibility to suppose that a man with his background didn't know what a killfile is. I'd bet he has one with entries going back to 1990 or so, at least. I see it as a cynical ploy based on the belief that a *judge* wouldn't be likely to understand the reference.
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