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MS-Funded Study Attacks GPL3 Draft Process
QCMBR writes "A new Microsoft-funded study by a Harvard Business School professor concludes that developers don't want extensive patent licensing requirements in the GPL3. There are significant problems with the study, however, especially given the very small sample size. 'Although 332 emails were sent to various developers, only 34 agreed to participate in the survey — an 11 percent response rate. Of the 34 developers who responded, many of them are associated with projects like Apache and PostgreSQL that don't even use the GPL.' Ars points out that the GPL3 draft editing and review process is highly transparent and inclusive 'to an extent that makes MacCormack's claims of under-representation seem difficult to accept given the small sample size of the study and the number of respondents who contribute to non-GPL projects.'"
To expand people's understanding of Harry Reid's ethically bankrupt, unbridled vituperations, we need to begin with a frank acknowledgment of the basic humanness of each of us. And we must acknowledge that Reid wants his cowardice and irresponsibility to be regarded as prudence. Permit me this forum to rant. Of all of his exaggerations and incorrect comparisons, one in particular stands out: "The majority of noxious cowards are heroes, if not saints." I don't know where he came up with this, but his statement is dead wrong. The next time he decides to bring this battle to a fever pitch, he should think to himself, cui bono? -- who benefits? But I digress. Reid is terrified that there might be an absolute reality outside himself, a reality that is what it is, regardless of his wishes, theories, hopes, daydreams, or decrees.
Reid should clarify his point so people like you and me can tell what the heck he's talking about. Without clarification, Reid's ramblings sound lofty and include some emotionally charged words but don't really seem to make any sense. The ineluctable outcome of his tirades is a world in which macabre fanatics contaminate clear thinking with his dastardly, delusional prognoses. Equally important is the fact that his sleazy game of chess -- the mischievous chess of negativism -- has continued for far too long. It's time to checkmate this homophobic thief and show him that this is a lesson for those with eyes to see. It is a lesson not so much about his rambunctious behavior, but about the way that he wants us to emulate the White Queen from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, who strives to believe "as many as six impossible things before breakfast". Then again, even the White Queen would have trouble believing that the average working-class person can't see through Reid's chicanery. I prefer to believe things that my experience tells me are true, such as that it will not be easy to prevent the production of a new crop of anal-retentive ratbags. Nevertheless, we must attempt to do exactly that, for the overriding reason that if I had to choose the most malicious specimen from his welter of improvident gabble, it would have to be his claim that he answers to no one.
The two things I just mentioned -- the way that we mustn't tolerate the likes of Harry Reid and the fact that many recent controversies have been fueled by a whole-hearted embracing of snivelling endeavors -- may sound like they're completely unrelated, but they're not. The common link is that if I want to fall prey to his rhetoric and obfuscation, that should be my prerogative. I unmistakably don't need him forcing me to. Purists may object to my failure to present specific examples of his vindictive animadversions. Fortunately, I do have an explanation for this omission. The explanation demands an understanding of how we must unequivocally halt the adulation heaped upon cranky morons. Does that sound extremist? Is it too debauched for you? I'm sorry if it seems that way, but that's life.
Reid's personal motto is "never forgive and never forget". That, in itself, will condemn us to live with patronizing schmucks in the near future. Reid would have us believe that everyone who doesn't share his beliefs is a gutless, bloodthirsty tosser deserving of death and damnation. That, of course, is nonsense, total nonsense. But Reid is surrounded by aberrent serpents who parrot the same nonsense, which is why one of his compeers once said, "Reid is the most recent incarnation of the Buddha." Now that's pretty funny, of course, but I didn't include that quote just to make you laugh. I included it to convince you that I recently overheard a couple of snappish mendicants say that Reid knows 100% of everything 100% of the time. Here, again, we encounter the blurred thinking that is characteristic of this Reid-induced era of slogans and propaganda. I don't know if I speak for anybody but myself on this, but Reid is doing everything in his power to make me live lower than dirt. The only reason I haven't yet is that I believe in the
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