[wplug] GNU Linux

[Bryon Gill]

Um, what is he, your slave?  He's under no obligation to speak to anyone, 
least of all those groups he perceives as slighting his decades of work.

A fanatic is one who believes and damn the facts.

A principled person is one who refuses to compromise on important issues, 
even when it's to their personal benefit.  Stallman thinks the GNU project 
deserves credit becuase they laid the groundwork for a free OS on 
principle, not "just for fun" (see the Torvalds autobiography for the 
reference).  

You may disagree with his principles but you ought to respect them, and 
you certainly shouldn't expect someone who disagrees with you to 
legitimize your group by making a public appearance at one of your 
meetings.

Bryguy

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, John Harrold wrote:

> Sometime in February Bryon Gill assaulted the keyboard and produced:
> 
> | He's not a fanatic, he's got principles.  There is a very significant 
> | difference.  Most of the RMS bashing out there is poorly-informed 
> | groupthink.
> 
> i think the difference here is:
> 
> principled: i'd be happy to come to speak at your organization. though i 
>             would prefer you called it the western pa. gnu/linux users 
>             group.
> 
> at which point he could come to the lug, speak and refer to linux systems
> as gnu/linux and the kernel as linux.
> 
> fanatic:    i refuse to speak at your organization, unless the name is 
>             changed to the western pa. gnu/linux users group.
> 
> 
>