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Stallman Goes to India
SureshD writes "The Hindu is reporting on a 40 minute long meeting between Richard Stallman and the Indian President - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. After the interview, RMS said that the President was 'receptive' to his views that development of software should be seen as a political and social issue and not just from the technological point of view. Interestingly, the article mentions that the President had prepared for the meeting by downloading and reading Stallman's biography (Free as in Freedom) from the Internet."
I am willing to pay his ticket.. only thing is... he should never return :)
Brilliant! if your jobs are being outsourced to cheap overseas countries, why not outsource yourself?
Stallman truly is the messiah.
pffft.
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As opposed to the American presidential system where the president is an elected dictator?
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
Yes, the author's last name is 'Dikshit'. It sounds like 'Dickshit'. We all get it. Ha ha, very funny.
Now move on.
would listen to Richard Stallman
No-strings-attached? Bullshit! The GPL is one of the most restrictive licenses software is published under.
Hey Smelly-assed long-haired hippie meets smelly piss-poor nation of a billion.
It's a match made in heaven!
I saw RMS too, except I couldn't stay for more than about five minutes. I usually don't have a problem with poor personal hygiene, but that guy is absolutely disgusting. His hair was so greasy that it looked wet and he picked his nose pretty much constantly. That and the fact that he's incredibly arrogant pretty much made me dismiss him as a "loony". I know you probably shouldn't judge people on cleanliness or arrogance, but this talk that I went to left such a bad impression that I really can't respect the man.
...rapid foaming-at-the-mouth idealists are being outsourced to India too?
No one would want to use your software as it would be full of bugs from mistaken use of '=' when you meant to use '=='. So don't worry about it.
After the interview, RMS said that the President was 'receptive' to his views that development of software should be seen as a political and social issue and not just from the technological point of view.
A nation of fanatics and zealots...how novel.
Is not only a doctor, but he actually can read? That's a step up from President Bush.
Heute die Welt, morgen das Sonnensystem!
I'm getting into this thread late
Clearly, as you then go on to say:-
if you don't like the GPL license, *don't use it.*
Which I have already covered. Thanks anyway.
Newsflash, pal: There's nothing for me to get over, as I don't hold the position you think I do. And you think I'm in fairyland.
I have nothing against contributing back - on fair terms.
I'm not angry.
Oh look, you said it again "don't use GPL'd code". Twice in the same post. After you have been told multiple times that I don't use it anyway. If you want to continue arguing with me, I'm going to require you to read the rest of the thread first, OK?
Oh, I have no money or talent now. Hehehe! It gets better. "absolutely nothing back" - another misrepresentation of my position.