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RMS Condemns "UnitedLinux" per-seat License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the its-not-unitedgnulinux-anyway dept.

dep writes "Likening the practice to Windows, Richard M. Stallman has issued a brief statement condemning the per-seat licensing that it appears will be employed in the "UnitedLinux" core distribution. He calls upon developers to refuse to allow their work to be used by such a distribution."

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  1. Hey, RMS...STFU!!!!!!! by knewman_1971 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing burns my ass more than hypocrisy (ok, maybe a flame about 4 feet high, but I digress...)

    "Software should be free". Unless, of course, you employ that free software, and make your own choices about how it generates revenue.

    As a disclaimer, I won't be using UnitedLinux. I'm quite happy with my little purple dragon distro. And in point of fact, I happen to think that per-seat licensing is a bad idea for a distro.

    But hey, I'm not the one putting it together, so, it's not my call...

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    1. Re:Hey, RMS...STFU!!!!!!! by Nugget · · Score: 1, Troll

      The concept of "intellectual property" is nothing more than the idea that a person who creates should have some degree of control over what happens to that which they have created.

      This is, quite interestingly, something that you must agree with in order to support the GPL. If a person doesn't have this right, then they have no right to place restrictions on their code which is exactly what the GPL does.

  2. Re:Will you just leave RMS alone ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    nobody likes the title GNU/Linux, nor uses it, but RMS remains so unneccessarily fanatical about wanting people to call it "GNU/Linux" that it warrants mocking him and making fun of him. Sure he's good for the overall cause, but prepending "GNU/" to everything is just plain silly.

  3. Re:nah, that aint what pisses him off.... by TooTallFourThinking · · Score: 0, Troll

    And you know this because you are a close personal friend of RMS? ;)

  4. RMS = Socialism? by capitilistpig · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not well versed in the RMS saga, but it seems to me that the man is Socialist to the core. All software is to be owned by the people? I'm hearing echos of Lenin ( who was Communist, but one begats the other).

    1. Re:RMS = Socialism? by delcielo · · Score: 1, Troll

      Why moderate this down as a troll? He wasn't trolling; but offering an observation that doesn't hit too far from the mark.

      "To each his needs. From each his abilities." isn't too far from the philosophy of open source. The difference is that RMS has no real power, as opposed to Lenin, who obviously did.

      RMS can't send your family to the gulag for offending him, no matter how much he might wish he could.

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  5. Re:Nobody likes GNU / Linux ?! by toupsie · · Score: 1, Troll
    "Judge not, lest thou be judged"

    How dare you judge him for judging RMS! What gives you the right to judge other people's ability to judge the public activities of RMS? This is an incredibly childish argument commonly heard on daytime trash talk TV shows. I am now waiting for the classic, "I know you are but what am I?", comeback.

    Pot. Kettle. Black.

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  6. Re:developer refusal. by Shelled · · Score: 3, Troll

    Reading the article impedes Karma.

  7. Re:He's right... by Twylite · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally RMS shows his true colours. The UnitedLinux companies have guaranteed gratis access to the source code, which means free speech is satisfied. But despite RMS's continual statements that "its okay to sell GNU software", when it comes down to it, he's going to throw a frothy is your are giving it awat, gratis.



    So much for free speech. RMS cares more about beer.

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  8. Hi, My Name is idonotexist. I Support UnitedLinux by idonotexist · · Score: 1, Troll

    In other news, "Likening the practice to distributing peace, Slashdot user idonotexist has issued a brief statement supporting the deployment of the "UnitedLinux" core distribution. He calls upon developers to allow their work to be used by such a distribution."

    In other words, wtf cares what his opinion is?

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  9. Re:He's right... by Twylite · · Score: 1, Troll

    Precisely. Some RMS's long diatribes about "free speech and not free beer" being the intention of the GPL are actually bullshit. He has actively prevented (through the GPL) there being the possibility of free speech without free beer.

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  10. Re:The economy would expand if software were free by foobar104 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Please put down your mouse and move to a country where respect for the law is not a core value.

    No one here will miss you.