Re: Open Source Developers Shun GPLv3

On Sep 27, 12:28 pm, "Ms. Polly Ester" <pes...@gmail.net> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070927...ylt=AiieE0MGKY...
>
> Fearing the restrictions it places on their work, the majority of open
> source software developers do not plan to publish code in the next year
> under a controversial new license authored by the main governing body for
> open source and free software, according to a survey released Wednesday.
>
> In addition, more than 40% of those surveyed said they won't ever publish
> their work under Version 3 of the General Public License, which was released
> earlier this year by the Free Software Foundation. "GPLv3 is controversial
> because it imposes restrictions on what you can do with programs," said John
> Andrews, CEO of survey taker Evans Data, in a statement.


More fragmentation to put some more nails in the Linux coffin.
At some point the Linux loons will figure out that all of these spin
offs are not a good thing for Linux.

With 700+ different versions of Linux and now new GPL3 it's just more
confusion for the suits that make the decisions.
Microsoft makes it easy for those types.
Linux makes it a clusterfsck.

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> On Sep 27, 12:28 pm, "Ms. Polly Ester" <pes...@gmail.net> wrote:
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070927...ylt=AiieE0MGKY...
>>
>> Fearing the restrictions it places on their work, the majority of open
>> source software developers do not plan to publish code in the next year
>> under a controversial new license authored by the main governing body for
>> open source and free software, according to a survey released Wednesday.
>>
>> In addition, more than 40% of those surveyed said they won't ever publish
>> their work under Version 3 of the General Public License, which was
>> released earlier this year by the Free Software Foundation. "GPLv3 is
>> controversial because it imposes restrictions on what you can do with
>> programs," said John Andrews, CEO of survey taker Evans Data, in a
>> statement.
>
>
> More fragmentation to put some more nails in the Linux coffin.
> At some point the Linux loons will figure out that all of these spin
> offs are not a good thing for Linux.
>
> With 700+ different versions of Linux and now new GPL3 it's just more
> confusion for the suits that make the decisions.
> Microsoft makes it easy for those types.
> Linux makes it a clusterfsck.


There are more Linux clusters that windopws clusters.
There are more open source developers than Micoshaft developers.
75% of all new projects are open source.
Its time to switch to Linux and be done with.
See the advanced technology in action here
http://www.livecdlist.com
Just download and boot from CD.
All your drivers automagically configured.
No amount of Pistification of your Pista PC will
compare with a Linux PC.
http://www.distrowatch.com for more in depth reviews.

"7" <> wrote in message
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> See the advanced technology in action here
> http://www.livecdlist.com
> Just download and boot from CD.

You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7
<>
wrote
on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:25:36 GMT
<4lUKi.21642$> :
> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 27, 12:28 pm, "Ms. Polly Ester" <pes...@gmail.net> wrote:
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070927...ylt=AiieE0MGKY...
>>>
>>> Fearing the restrictions it places on their work, the majority of open
>>> source software developers do not plan to publish code in the next year
>>> under a controversial new license authored by the main governing body for
>>> open source and free software, according to a survey released Wednesday.
>>>
>>> In addition, more than 40% of those surveyed said they won't ever publish
>>> their work under Version 3 of the General Public License, which was
>>> released earlier this year by the Free Software Foundation. "GPLv3 is
>>> controversial because it imposes restrictions on what you can do with
>>> programs," said John Andrews, CEO of survey taker Evans Data, in a
>>> statement.
>>
>>
>> More fragmentation to put some more nails in the Linux coffin.
>> At some point the Linux loons will figure out that all of these spin
>> offs are not a good thing for Linux.
>>
>> With 700+ different versions of Linux and now new GPL3 it's just more
>> confusion for the suits that make the decisions.
>> Microsoft makes it easy for those types.
>> Linux makes it a clusterfsck.
>
>
> There are more Linux clusters that windopws clusters.

True, but I'm not sure as to its relevance. Most users
won't play "build the grid". Of course, most users use
Microsoft (unfortunately for them), so there's some issues
there... :-)

> There are more open source developers than Micoshaft developers.

I wish I knew how to verify that. It's probably true, though
a lot of freeware / shareware source code is targeted at Windows.

> 75% of all new projects are open source.

Ditto.

> Its time to switch to Linux and be done with.

Conquering all of the world's desktop ... one user at a time. :-)

> See the advanced technology in action here
> http://www.livecdlist.com
> Just download and boot from CD.

One of the things Windows cannot do. (At least legally! :-) )

> All your drivers automagically configured.
> No amount of Pistification of your Pista PC will
> compare with a Linux PC.

Oh, but gotta love the hypnotically pretty backdrops... :-)

> http://www.distrowatch.com for more in depth reviews.
>


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Asstroturfer dennis@home wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:

>
> "7" <> wrote in message
> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>
>
>
>> See the advanced technology in action here
>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>> Just download and boot from CD.
>
> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.

100% wrong!!!

Linux distributions come with source code.
If you don't trust a distro, you can make it yourself
with the original source code.

Begs the question which corporation is gonna trust a micoshaft CD that has
no accompanying source code?
Micoshaft recommend their install CDs which are self booting
and you have no access to their source code to know
whats in a Micoshaft CD!!!

All Linux CDs come *WITH* source code so that you can be sure
that no viruses or other crap spyware and adware has been put into it.

That is a fundmantal distinction between open source Linux
and closed source untrustworthy Micoshaft sponsored products.

dennis@home wrote:

>
> "7" <> wrote in message
> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>
>
>
>> See the advanced technology in action here
>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>> Just download and boot from CD.
>
> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.

Idiot.

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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:12:59 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

>
> "7" <> wrote in message
> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>
>
>
>> See the advanced technology in action here
>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>> Just download and boot from CD.
>
> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.

Strangely enough, though 7 is a loon, he's not the sort of loon to
recommend you trash your machine from some roague CD. The list is genuine.

> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.

Actually, no. Some don't even make it easy or possible to have write
access to your drives

> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.

Well, I've used dozens of LiveCDs over the past few years, and not one has
ever harmed my PCs. On the contrary, they've helped me save data when
hardware went tit's-up.

--
Kier

dennis@home wrote:

>
> "7" <> wrote in message
> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>
>
>
>> See the advanced technology in action here
>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>> Just download and boot from CD.
>
> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.

Idiot
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Who the **** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?

"7" <> wrote in message
news:dOVKi.21730$. uk...
> Asstroturfer dennis@home wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>
>>
>> "7" <> wrote in message
>> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>>
>>
>>
>>> See the advanced technology in action here
>>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>>> Just download and boot from CD.
>>
>> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
>> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
>> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
>> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
>> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.
>
> 100% wrong!!!

You shouldn't be so certain, the Internet is full of nasty clever people
that will eat you for breakfast.

> Linux distributions come with source code.
> If you don't trust a distro, you can make it yourself
> with the original source code.
>
> Begs the question which corporation is gonna trust a micoshaft CD that has
> no accompanying source code?
> Micoshaft recommend their install CDs which are self booting
> and you have no access to their source code to know
> whats in a Micoshaft CD!!!
>
> All Linux CDs come *WITH* source code so that you can be sure
> that no viruses or other crap spyware and adware has been put into it.

Rubbish.
They don't all come with source, and you will find it hard to compile it and
make your own.
You have no way to actually know a live CD is safe unless you know where it
came from and you know they can be trusted.

>
> That is a fundmantal distinction between open source Linux
> and closed source untrustworthy Micoshaft sponsored products.

You are letting irrational hate get in the way of logic.
You would make an ideal target for a hacker.

William Poaster wrote:
> dennis@home wrote:
>
>> "7" <> wrote in message
>> news:4lUKi.21642$ .uk...
>>
>>
>>
>>> See the advanced technology in action here
>>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>>> Just download and boot from CD.
>> You must be joking.. nobody in their right mind would download a self
>> booting CD recommended by anyone they didn't know.
>> It could do absolutely anything to the machine you boot it on.
>> Its just the sort of thing a hacker would try to get you to do.
>> It would be a damn good way to root Linux boxes BTW.
>
> Idiot.
>

<Are all the Linux Lunatic trolls posting to the Vista NG now? You and 7
are jokes. You two have been in bed with each other too many times.
Please, no one wants to see you two with your sloppy seconds sex act.>