Dennis Ritchie Interviewed

An anonymous reader writes "Unix.se has published an interview with Dennis Ritchie (inventor of C, co-creator of Unix)." Not very technical, but Dennis shares his thoughts on GNU, kernel design, and more.

Comments

Re:GNU's take on Licenses

[leandrod]

> As soon as RMS writes a license that allows for true "freedom" (ie, I can do whatever the hell I want with the licensed software, including releasing it under a non-GPL license), I will take his views on "freedom" seriously.

I would rather not have you hoarding my own software and modifications of it, so I prefer GPL that helps keeping you honest.

> Why should he be?

Sorry, not enough context and I am feeling lazy today.

> If RMS deems a license non-compatible with the GPL, then it is by definition not "Free"

Not at all. GPL compatibility is certainly nice, but it isn't a requirement for freedom. And he never said anything the like, so you are putting words into his mouth. I would apologise if I were you.

> I'd have to check, but I'm pretty sure the Plan 9 license is officially recognized as an Open Source license.

Check again, it is not OSD, DFSG or anything the like -compliant. It is not even free by your own definition.

You are so misinformed you become libelous.