Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 17, 2003 11:02 PM
The second, and more disturbing part, is that you are apparently unwilling to allow opposing viewpoint. Sorry, dude, that bespeaks of a mind as closed as your opponents'.
I think you're confusing RMS's (probably over-developed) sense of integrity with being 'unwilling to allow opposing viewpoint'. I don't think he has a problem with other people having an opposing viewpoint, I think he's refusing to be involved in a conference that (intentionally or not) is confusing Free Software with OSS. They refuse to make the distinction, he won't participate. I think that's more than reasonable.
RMS - don't get me wrong on the 'over developed sense of integrity'. I think the best thing you have going for you is your integrity, I just have to wonder some times if your making a mountain out of a molehill, which makes me (and others) less apt to listen... IE refusing to do a conference because technically not everyone there agrees with the Free Software system. [I know that's not the case here, but I hope this makes sense - you don't want to be 'that wacko', you want to be a leader].
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Re:I see two disturbing things here ...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 17, 2003 11:02 PMI think you're confusing RMS's (probably over-developed) sense of integrity with being 'unwilling to allow opposing viewpoint'. I don't think he has a problem with other people having an opposing viewpoint, I think he's refusing to be involved in a conference that (intentionally or not) is confusing Free Software with OSS. They refuse to make the distinction, he won't participate. I think that's more than reasonable.
RMS - don't get me wrong on the 'over developed sense of integrity'. I think the best thing you have going for you is your integrity, I just have to wonder some times if your making a mountain out of a molehill, which makes me (and others) less apt to listen... IE refusing to do a conference because technically not everyone there agrees with the Free Software system. [I know that's not the case here, but I hope this makes sense - you don't want to be 'that wacko', you want to be a leader].
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