Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Randy Howard
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 07:24 am

Scott Moore wrote
(in article <dgsa5b$det$1@news1nwk.SFbay.Sun.COM>):

> Guys, this thread is never going to end.

Perhaps.  I've seen some really long ones over the last 15 years 
or more, but none that never died out at all.  

> To the software communists:
> 
> You aren't going to get what you want. Why ? Nobody is for it.
> Sure, people steal software all the time. But they don't do
> it because they feel its their moral right. They do it
> because they *CAN*.

It seems to be a natural tendency amongst those that take things 
they shouldn't, namely, they feel compelled to try and convince 
others that it is ok, so much so that it comes across as trying 
to make themselves feel better about something they know to be 
wrong by making somebody else believe it is ok since they can't 
convince themselves.  Lots of handwaving, but down deep, that 
seems to be the source.

> The software communists are just encouraged by your need to
> argue with them. Also, most of them either don't have meaningful
> jobs, or are frustrated with them. This is their outlet.

Letting the opposition have 100% of the floor does not achieve 
anything positive, apart from shorten thread length perhaps.

> Give it up, both of ya.

I'll let you know when you're elected moderator.  :-) 



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