Russ Nelson proposes new license requirements

Posted Mar 3, 2005 0:31 UTC (Thu) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)
In reply to: Russ Nelson proposes new license requirements by jwb
Parent article: Russ Nelson proposes new license requirements

"jwb" wrote:

"racism" ... "endangering the mission of the OSI" ... "crackpots" ...

Speaking of crackpots, "jwb", as long as you're taking gratuitous personal slams at public figures -- one who are probably precluded by the libel laws from striking back -- would you mind at least signing a real name, preferably your own, to your rhetoric?

Going after the professional suitability of public figures, while speaking as a critic from behind cover of anonymity, where the object of criticism is (one's facile and inaccurate commentary on) the person's personal blog, strikes me as extremely sleazy.

It's the very, very worst tradition of the gutter portion of the open source movement -- your portion, it would seem. I'm sick of it, and see no reason to tolerate it further.

Sincerely,
Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com

Rick Moen wants to make and eat blog cake was: Russ Nelson proposes new license requirements

Posted Mar 3, 2005 4:57 UTC (Thu) by akumria (guest, #7773) [Link] (1 responses)

Going after the professional suitability of public figures, while speaking as a critic from behind cover of anonymity

That would be the cover of anonymity a paying subscriber to LWN nets you.

person's personal blog

What? Like a diary? That people hide.

Or what? Like a diary that people want to share.

You can't have it both ways.

I have a 'blog' (I call it a diary, I'm not so trendy). But I don't want to share it. If you want to share your diary, then face the consequences.

Those consequences can include people forming an opinion about you without ever having met you. Labelling you as various things just on the basis of what you have written, etc.

And yet another anonymous flamer

Posted Mar 3, 2005 5:34 UTC (Thu) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943) [Link]

"akumria" wrote:

That would be the cover of anonymity a paying subscriber to LWN nets you.

Excellent! Which scurillous backstabber are you? Are you the third, or is this all one guy?

What? Like a diary?

If I have to tell you what a personal blog is like, you're either past my help or blissfully unacquainted with the ridiculous things. If the former, oh well. If the latter, I envy you.

You can't have it both ways.

Sorry, you can take your phony, artificial contradiction and file it with your nonexistent personal credentials. The irony of you talking about people standing behind what they write is rather astonishing, I must say.

And, come to think of it, though I've never met Russ and so don't know him from personal experience -- but was just reminded of this by my friend Rob Walker -- the notion of accusing this extremely well-known, devout Quaker of racism is about the most laughable thing I've heard all day long.

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com