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Re: Complete loss

Author:Brett Glass
Posted:8/29/2000; 8:23:41 AM
Topic:Next survey: Are you an open source developer?
Msg #:20470 (In response to 20461)
Prev/Next:20469 / 20471

ESR's arguments are self-serving. Remember, he is now on the board of VA Linux and therefore has a vested interest. In fact, when I spoke with him in mid-August he agreed, in front of everyone at the table, that he had a fiduciary duty to advance his company's interests and should not be seen as unbiased. He calls what he's doing "meme-hacking" -- a euphemism for propaganda.

Were he not involved with a Linux company, he might be willing to admit that the GPL's poison pill makes businesses unsustainable. Other licenses do allow companies to survive, but then, his company does Linux.

--Brett Glass

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