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DateSun, 28 Apr 2002 13:41:15 -0600
FromRichard Gooch <>
SubjectRe: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre...
Linus Torvalds writes:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Kiss The Blade wrote:
> > 28/4/2002 15:47:43, Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> >
> > >It already has, for years. Like it or not, certain questions/issues
> > >*do* get raised. If the FAQ can capture at least some of these, it
> > >saves bandwidth on the list.
> >
> > I think Linus actually does not want to endorse the FSF stance about how
> > software must be ethically correct.
> 
> Right. Besides, as the whole notion of "free software" has very
> little to do with the kernel, please just link to some open source
> site. One of the more neutral ones is
> "http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html", for example.

To add more "balance" (and to show that people will never agree:-),
I've added links to the above Debian URL as well as one from OSI.

> Remember: we're not the Judean People's Front, we're the People's
> Front of Judea. Or maybe we're the Popular Front for the Liberation
> of Judea. I get confused.

No, we're the Libertarian Front for the People of Judea. Get it right.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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