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Free Software Magazine
EmilEifrem writes: "Why hasn't everyone submitted this story one million times? Anyway, the Free Software Magazine (FSM), issue 01 is out there. There's a column by RMS, an article about making a living with free software, a C advocacy article and even an "enterprise" section, amongst other things. Seems like a promising first issue. s/Linux/GNU\/Linux/g."
Gee, then maybe it should be called XFree86 / BSD / GNU / the name of every person who contributed code to a Linux or Unix project / Linux
Not all of the software in a Linux distro came from GNU. RMS didn't "invent" free software. There have been plenty of non-GNU contributors.
The GNU people seem to be becoming more and more like Microsoft. "We're the only game in town. You couldn't have created any decent software--you must have solen it from us!" All the while putting out the buggiest crappiest junk and trying to push everyone into using their software or licence. GNU libc and the basic utilites are good enough to use, but they aren't that great. Don't even get me started on GNOME.
I used to think GNU was a good organisation and they have produced some good projects (like GIMP), however the thoughtlessness and excessive pride of its advocates makes me want to get as far away from them as possible! A few years ago I probably would have distributed any free software I made under the LGPL, but now I'm afraid if I did, the GNU mongers would take my code away from me and say I'm not allowed to use it anymore. I'm beginning to wonder if I should just keep those GIMP scripts I wrote to myself...