From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IBA3z-0008Or-2F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:59:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6IDw78B002093; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:58:08 GMT Received: from mra01.ch.as12513.net (mra01.ch.as12513.net [82.153.254.69]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6IDpa42027034 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:51:36 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra01.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5D828C340 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:36 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra01.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra01.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15853-01-95 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:34 +0100 (BST) Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk [213.152.39.90]) by mra01.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB44728C36C for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.10.191] (unknown [192.168.1.200]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF22E1377C0 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:31 +0100 (BST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <14178ED3A898524FB036966D696494FB138F1F@messenger.cv63.navy.mil> References: <14178ED3A898524FB036966D696494FB138F1F@messenger.cv63.navy.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1AE934A9-AA1D-430C-97F2-D56B72D80C9D@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:31 +0100 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk X-Archives-Salt: b6c954f5-dd52-42dc-8e2a-feb16008e33f X-Archives-Hash: aa7b32faac00c54d90dbe1393c274ba5 On 17 Jul 2007, at 18:57, wrote: > ... > The preamble of Version 2 was almost unchanged from the original > preamble written for the first GPL license. It was eloquent. It > was convincing. It was awe inspiring. > ... > It is hard to explain my feelings about the new license. > ... > They took a license that was a work of art that stood as an example > to two loosely bound movements, and ran it through the shredder. > It is like looking upon the battle flag of your own nation with a > moment of pride, only to notice that some vandal has written > seditious slurs all over it. I don't agree with you, but your own words are very eloquently written, and do cause me to respect your position. I have read both licenses fully, but sometime I'll have to find the time to do so again and reread your posts. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list