From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:05:56 +0200 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Open but not free Message-ID: <20000613100556.A24870@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <1E485299309FD211A2100090271E27A401AF0901@symnt3.cadence.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1E485299309FD211A2100090271E27A401AF0901@symnt3.cadence.com>; from Nigel Roles on Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 08:32:22AM +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b836a234-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 08:32:22AM +0100, Nigel Roles wrote: > > Someone has to occupy an extreme position, or we wouldn't > know where it was. > Maybe. But the turn of phrase he used is rather unfortunate. I'm a firm believer that computer programming is a form of communication, and Stallman did not express his sentiments in a manner I would consider appropriate. He could have been more diplomatic, I think. ++L