GNU Project + Linux Kernel + ethics

[Konstantinos Peletidis]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:10:16 +0100
Stelios Bounanos <sb at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> Ok, 8a tsimphsw to dolwma. Pareleipses na anafereis oti yparxoyn
> *arketoi* kernel developers poy diafwnoyn me th xrhsh toy bitkeeper.
> Des to flamewar toy perasmenoy mhna.

Den katalavainw gia poion logo eprepe na to anaferw. H syzhthsh ginotan
gia ton RMS. Ektos autou, den 8ewrw oti h yposthriksh tou rms apo
kapoious tritous apotelei logikh vash gia thn emmonh sthn paush xrhshs
tou BitKeeper. Proteinan free software lysh anti gia to BitKeeper? Oxi.
Yphrxe isaksia h - giati oxi? - kalyterh free software lysh apo to
BitKeeper? Oxi. An ginotan to 8elhma autwn twn kyriwn 8a yphrxan
arnhtikes epiptwseis sthn anaptyksh tou linux? Nai. O Linus den strafhke
sto BitKeeper giati den eixe tipota kalytero na kanei alla giati yphrxe
anagkh.

> Ontws den yparxei tipota san to bitkeeper (analoga me tis apaithseis
> tpy ka8ena fysika) alla yparxoyn systhmata opws to Subversion poy
> einai ypo anaptyksh. Ksereis, prin apo to bitkeeper ypyrksan ena swro
> alla programmata poy htan dyskolo na antikatasta8oyn alla
> antikatasta8hkan. Akoloy8wntas th dikh soy logikh de 8a eixame ftasei
> pote edw poy eimaste twra.

Den katalava poia akrivws logikh mou xrewneis. Pantws polemios tou free
software *den* eimai. Apla dysanasxetw me ta fainomena ideologikwn
akrothtwn.

Akolou8wntas th logikh tou rms, o linux kernel den 8a eftane edw pou
eftase, giati oi kernel developers 8a eprepe na perimenoun mexri na
emfanistei kapoia stable release tou Subversion pou na einai toulaxiston
isaksia tou BitKeeper. Krinontas apo thn diarkeia tou beta stage se
projects opws o Mozilla kai o MPlayer, auto to stadio anamonhs mporei na
diarkesei poly.

> Telos, den katalabainw giati olh ayth h antipa8eia. O RMS exei
> praktika afierwsei th zwh toy sto eley8ero logismiko. Posoys alloys
> ksereis poy na exoyn epimeinei, prospa8hsei kai petyxei tosa polla gi'
> ayto ta teleutaia 15 xronia?

Opoios afierwnei th zwh tou se kapoio skopo automata ginetai logikos
kai sympa8hs? Me auth th logikh 8a mporouse na isxyristei kaneis oti o
Hitler htan parekshghmenh proswpikothta pou epese 8yma kakoproaireths
kritikhs. Den symfwnw. Oso gia allous pou exoun agwnistei gia free
software... xmmm... oloi autoi pou doulepsan kai doulevoun sta *BSD
projects den metrane?

> Rgds,
> /-sb.

An 8eleis na synexisoume thn kouventa, se parakalw apanthse mou me
proswpiko email giati mallon eimaste off-scope.

Filika,

Kostas

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