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    SubjectRe: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)
    Thanks for the detailed response.  There have also been some very
    articulate and fact-oriented responses here from the OpenBSD Misc list
    as well.

    I will repeat and elaborate on what I wrote in my first response which I
    gave the subject "Divide and conquer (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)"

    Although there are some valid concerns regarding workflow between
    projects of different licensing families, keep in mind that

    1) a license (ie. GPL, BSD, or other) is simply another tool

    2) some outside FOSS would like nothing better than
    to divide FOSS up and set the factions against each other

    Intentional trolls (agent provacateur) are part of the bag of tricks
    available to the political groups that have much to gain by playing the
    various FOSS projects off against each other. Various political parties
    and factions, not the least of which is MS, lose out if we use our time
    effectively or if the general public start to understand and apply
    principles that make for sound, secure, and interoperable systems.

    Bickering with or harranging the FSF, OBSD, or any other project is less
    useful than coding, documenting, debugging (even workflow debugging) or
    teaching. It plays right into MS' media strategy of "Saturate, Diffuse,
    and Confuse" by filling up the communications channels with noise, thus
    drowning or diluting the useful material and burning out the casual
    observer. One of the common tactics seen again and again, including in
    this case, is the re-circulation of outdated and incorrect sources.

    Some of the people doing the bickering may just be plainly and simply
    less than knowledgeable and further handicapped by inability to express
    themselves. Others may just be 'tards easily goading into action by an
    agent provacateur and, unless proven otherwise, should be treated as the
    first group.

    Regards,
    -Lars
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