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CBC News Interprets GPL - Poorly
frankShook writes "The Canadian news service CBC has up an article entitled 'Linux distributors scorn Microsoft partnership'. Primarily, it looks to describe the ongoing licensing saga between Microsoft and Linux distributors. It also includes a highly unique interpretation of the GPL: 'Open-source software such as Linux, on the other hand, encourages individuals to add to or modify software without fear of legal repercussions, so long as they abide by the conditions of the general public license, which stipulates that the program must remain open and sharable.'"
Yes, I hear that GPL lovers are so immature and condescending that they will announce that anyone who uses a rival software patent is an idiot.
It all depends on what the meaning of the is.
Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that slashdot has become the internet version of tin-foil hat talk radio, and am probably going to remove the rss feed from my reader.
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Wow, +5 Insightful for a witty-sounding but incorrect sound bite. Go Slashdot.
Slashdot - where whining about luck is the new way to make the world you want.
Careful. You're robbing FSF apologists of one of their favourite comebacks for me, here. Namely that they're not a cult, and that in calling them one, I'm simply a lone, mindless, provocative troll spouting erroneous ideas which I came up with all on my own.
If other people start agreeing with me and/or voicing the same opinions, they're not going to be able to use that rationale for dismissing said opinions as baseless any more. No longer having that as a comeback will probably cause them significant psychological distress...and we don't want to do that, do we?