From: "David Herbert" <mail@dsherbert.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ethical Policy
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:37:08 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000b01c1ad9a$30931940$fd00a8c0@frampton> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020204005854.GA22957@chiba.3jane.net
phoney my arse... these ethical questions need answering BEFORE installing
the OS, otherwise how would I be any different from everyone else who uses
m$? Gentoo could be owned by Microsoft for all I know, after all what
better way would there be for m$ to squash Linux than set up their own
distro? Does that sound stupid? Or would it be more stupid to just take it
on trust that Gentoo are the good guys? Answer my concerns and I will send
a very greatful email from my, yet to be installed, gentoo.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Lipelis" <aeoo@gentoo.org>
To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ethical Policy
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 01:59:07PM -0000, David Herbert wrote:
>
> > Call me paranoid but before putting effort into gentoo I would like to
> > know more about who gentoo is. You're a .org but are you actually a
> > charity? What is your relationship to gentoo.com? What is your
> > relationship with IBM? I suppose I'm looking for a statement akin to
> > debian's social contract, because at present any ethics (which to me
> > is the whole point of linux) are only implied.
>
> > Also it would be nice to have a global option (in /etc/make.conf ?)
> > for allowing only GPL'ed software, GPL + other "open source" licences,
> > or any licence - so the end user can decide.
>
> > Regards,
> > David Herbert.
>
> You know, at first I thought you had a valid concern and I admired your
> ethical stance. But after seeing this:
>
> ---
> From: "David Herbert" <dsherbert@mail.com>
> To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Ethical Policy
> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 13:59:07 -0000
> ---
>
> I just think you're a phoney. Sorry. I mean, at least you could boot
> into GNU/Linux for 1 minute to send this silly email? Is that so
> difficult?
>
> --Leo Lipelis
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2002-02-04 0:58 ` [gentoo-dev] Ethical Policy Leo Lipelis
2002-02-04 11:22 ` linux-dev
2002-02-04 16:37 ` David Herbert [this message]
2002-02-04 17:24 ` Tod M. Neidt
2002-02-04 18:09 ` David Herbert
2002-02-04 18:29 ` Tod M. Neidt
2002-02-04 18:39 ` Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt
2002-02-04 19:19 ` David Herbert
2002-02-04 19:40 ` Daniel Robbins
2002-02-04 23:39 ` Tod M. Neidt
2002-02-04 19:29 ` Chuck Haines
2002-02-04 19:20 ` Daniel Robbins
2002-02-04 19:42 ` David Herbert
2002-02-04 19:48 ` mbutcher
2002-02-04 19:51 ` mbutcher
2002-02-04 20:17 ` Daniel Robbins
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