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GPL 3 As Bonfire of the Vanities
morganew writes "Jonathan Zuck has written a CNET Op-ed stating that the GPL 3 is about returning the flock to the faith, and is reminiscent of Savonarola's 'Bonfire of the Vanities', urging true believers to burn things that took their eyes off God. From Article: 'The commercial humanists such as Lawrence Lessig with his Creative Commons initiative have turned away from the Old Testament, and the GPL 3.0 license is a call to the faithful to reject these vanities'. Given the reaction by Linus Torvalds and nearly all the OSS business community to the GPL 3, are we going to see a break in the church?"
a break in the church?
I thought it was a Bazaar.
I like Microsoft so I must be going to hell in a handbasket.
Don't mod me, bro'!!!!
GPL 3: "I've created OSS Lutherans!"
this is like 'da vinci code' in slashdot.
1. replace the whole holy blood line thing with open source.
2. keep the random medievel church connotations
3. keep the poor taste, bad language (okay this ones better than the book)
4. ???
5. Profit!!!
Reasoning from analogies is like tying your shoes with laces made of butter.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
Then again, maybe we should concentrate more on getting back to the point of OSS.
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In order to properly use this metaphore the following must be true:
1. A pre-reformer figured must be burned at the stake by Rome (John Huss):
2. A Luther figure must arise who, prior to converting to a 'reformed' faith beats himself with whips, sleeps on cold stone in discomfort and crawls over glass.
3. Post conversion, he nails a piece of paper to a castle-church door listing 99 problems he has with the establisment.
4. The peasants revolt in agreement with his claims, and he agrees to torture and kill them.
Oh, and finally, Chuck Norris causes the real break with a roundhouse kick....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Why? Do his arguments not stand on their own? Or do we have to throw some "Ad Hominem" at him?
Grain of salt, baby...grain of salt.
Parent post is critical of Google and Apple!
This guy's the limit!
Clearly GPL 1 is the "Old Testament": the original, not very popular. Settled down after an initial conversion onslaught into just a small community handing it down thru generations on conservative faith in the simplest expression of the "One License" inspiration.
GPL 2 is the "New Testament": hugely popular sequel, reforming the original and claiming its legacy. More complex, but more comprehensive to absorb adherents of other licenses. Taking over the world as the old "panoply of proprietary licenses" paradigm fades.
GPL 3 is the "Last Revelation": deriving from the first two licenses in succession, attempting to leverage the success of the second edition into total world domination among a much more diverse population. Impeded by continuing success of the second version.
This comparative license religion note brought to you by an atheist, into the public domain.
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make install -not war
You mean the future could be a boring-ass poorly written short story?