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RMS & FSF Directors To Meet With FSF Members

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-advice dept.

Free Software Foundation writes "Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, Bradley Kuhn, and the rest of the FSF leadership are hosting a rare FSF members meeting in Cambridge, MA on March 27, where they will tackle topics including, 'The Dangers of Software Patents', SCO, 'Free Software in a Global Economy', and 'The State of the Foundation'. FSF members will have ample opportunity to gripe, praise, dialog, network, and eat."

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  1. Discuss the actual terms of the GPL!!! by bangular · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the most important matter would be discussing what the GPL is actually compatable with. There have been so many accusations lately of incompatablity (some of which conflict with that the GPL actually states) it's getting a bit out of hand.

    1. Re:Discuss the actual terms of the GPL!!! by Homology · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I think the most important matter would be discussing what the GPL is actually compatable with. There have been so many accusations lately of incompatablity (some of which conflict with that the GPL actually states) it's getting a bit out of hand.

      Perhaps Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD summs up the sentiment best in his response to new Xfree86 license:

      It seems like every 8 years or so we have to go through some period where someone tries to take free software and makes it less free because they don't feel they are getting enough credit.
  2. finances? by Coneasfast · · Score: 3, Interesting

    anyone know the status of the FSF finances? it would be interesting to know.

    the last i heard they had $750,000 in the account which is not too bad for a company that relies on external funding.

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  3. RMS is going down in history by barneyfoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    RMS will go down in history as the visionary that made free software and open systems the prevailing technological force for the rest of the century. This is assuming that corperate influences can be subdued long enough to continue the huge momentum we've acheived over the past decade or two.

    I'm inclined to predict at 10:1 odds against that RMS will go down as the most influential person of the next century, kind of in the same way as gutenberg is known now. He wasn't known at all really when he was alive, but the study of history set him in his proper place.