I haven't attacked anyone, and I haven't even mentioned RMS until now. That's a very weird accusation.
Well, it looks like I was wrong about the origin of the term. I misread Eric Raymond's changelog, and after a half hour of searching I can't find an earlier use. (I wish there was a usable search for old usenet…
And yet, if I look at: https://archive.org/stream/CathedralAndTheBazaar/cathedral-bazaar_djvu.txt I see that Eric Raymond used the term on November 18th 1997. Wanna place a bet that I can't find an earlier use than…
Look, he used a bullshit argument. One guy says, (paraphrasing) [open source has many advantages]. The next guy replies by quoting the opensource.org website as though that's the only definition available. A citation…
Do you think one mission statement on one website represents the position for all of us?
I can believe there are some open source advocates who claim your first bullet, and there are a few cherry examples (i.e. Linux), but I'm guessing a lot of us are better represented by, "I appreciate when other…
I haven't attacked anyone, and I haven't even mentioned RMS until now. That's a very weird accusation.
Well, it looks like I was wrong about the origin of the term. I misread Eric Raymond's changelog, and after a half hour of searching I can't find an earlier use. (I wish there was a usable search for old usenet…
And yet, if I look at: https://archive.org/stream/CathedralAndTheBazaar/cathedral-bazaar_djvu.txt I see that Eric Raymond used the term on November 18th 1997. Wanna place a bet that I can't find an earlier use than…
Look, he used a bullshit argument. One guy says, (paraphrasing) [open source has many advantages]. The next guy replies by quoting the opensource.org website as though that's the only definition available. A citation…
Do you think one mission statement on one website represents the position for all of us?
I can believe there are some open source advocates who claim your first bullet, and there are a few cherry examples (i.e. Linux), but I'm guessing a lot of us are better represented by, "I appreciate when other…