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Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds
StonyandCher writes "Here is an interview with Richard Stallman about a range of free software topics including GPLv3 and comment on the Microsoft patent issue. Stallman has a go at Linus Torvalds even suggesting that if people want to keep their freedom they better not follow Torvalds.
From the interview 'Stallman: The fact that Torvalds says "open source" instead of "free software" shows where he is coming from. I wrote the GNU GPL to defend freedom for all users of all versions of a program. I developed version 3 to do that job better and protect against new threats. Torvalds says he rejects this goal; that's probably why he doesn't appreciate GPL version 3. I respect his right to express his views, even though I think they are foolish. However, if you don't want to lose your freedom, you had better not follow him.'"
First Stallman!
Stallman the visionary vs Linus the engineer.
Aaaah, what a deathmatch that would be...
In other news, RMS has revealed that the much anticipated GPLv4 will require anyone who uses or distributes GPLv4 code to refrain from showering.
There goes that jcr again - letting his jealousy of Stallman goad him into making a trollish first post ;-)
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Is millions of users not uninstalling Gnu/Linux.
Would someone please shut Stallman up? I'm sick to death of him pushing GNU/Linux? WTF? Who gives a rats ass if it does or does not have GNU in front of it? Seriously? This argument is not only childish it's pointless. He's a complete idiot and nothing he says has ever done anything more that make my teeth itch like fingernails down a chalk board. The difference between Free Software and Open Source is slightly more than the spelling. But not much. My god man, get over yourself and take your ego with you when you leave.
Bloody idiotic egomaniac. This is the exact same kind of fundamentalist zealotry that wants to destroy Christianity and anything other than what Allah wants, does anyone else see that?
Pax Vobiscum
Why does Linus hate freedom?
Apologies to Fox News...
Are we going to see Stallman follwers going around carring signs with "Torvalds lied, Wildebeests died."?
He sees what he wants to see.
He sees what the purple caterpillar tells him to see.
I find this GNU/Linux operating system intriguing. Where could one download it?
Good point. Being a hypocrite pays better.
WMF just noted that JCR has trolled about RMS, who disagrees with ESR and LBT on the best version of GPL to USE for OSS and maybe other FSF. Inquiring minds want to know WTF?
You can't handle the truth.
everyone knows hippies dont wear underwear...
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> Thankfully I grew up into a slightly more rounded individual
My guess is that RMS is rounder than you. Linus is also starting to pack on some weight too.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
"If you [...] and appreciate only powerful reliable software, you are making a terrible mistake." -RMS
Phew. At least Microsoft isn't making terrible mistakes.
Bwahaha, "nuke simulations". Yeah right, like the world can't buy boxes of Xeon or something like that. No, the "terrorists" will use graphics cards for their simulations :-)
were so bad that folks forked off gcc left and right, and finally gathered under the EGCS umbrella project that had one thing in common, they blocked Stallmans commit access to the code base, and finally the FSF saw the light that smart people avoided Stallman for a reason and subsequently abandoned the old GCC project and surrendered control to the EGCS folks. Some of the folks doing EGCS at the time actually commented that Stallman smelled so bad that they refused to be in the same room with him, and on one occasion, Stallman was eating his own dandruff causing two other developpers to leave the room only to puke once outside the door. Fortunately Stallman has been relegated to lecturing to third world goat farmers and the tech world is all the better for it.
Personally I just don't like the way GPL3 sounds. GPL2 doesn't sound as odd ;)
What's wrong with normal speed?
Perhaps he is a sane person, and never looked under "Multilanguage" for his font settings.