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From:
Logan Streondj <streondj@gmail.com>Date: Sat, May 23, 2015 at 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,
To: Will Hill <
will.hillnotes@gmail.com>
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 01:27:05AM -0500, Will Hill wrote:
> You might remember the "RMS is a sexist" fiasco, where all sorts of articles
> poured out misrepresenting the Virgin of Emacs as the thing it parodies.
> That's a minor but nasty example.
any pseudo-celebrity could expect that kind of reaction for such
statements, especially when the community only has 3% females.
It begs an explanation, people may be quick to jump on a simple
one.
> Software owners are constantly staging
> these things while their advertising and other messages are completely
> degraded.
>
> This is a systematic thing and your question has encouraged me to finish up a
> few essays I've been working on. Some suggested reading includes,
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20071023002351958
> http://techrights.org/2009/02/08/microsoft-evilness-galore/
> http://techrights.org/2008/12/27/microsoft-shills-aka-te-secrets/
> http://www.catb.org/esr/halloween/halloween1.html
> http://archive09.linux.com/articles/38081
> http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20100312150121798
> http://techrights.org/2009/03/16/smear-campaigns-against-foss-proponents/
> http://techrights.org/2008/03/17/manufacturing-abuse/
> http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/03/enough_about_me.html
> http://techrights.org/2009/05/02/perception-management-at-microsoft/
> http://www.cypherpunks.to/~peter/zdnet.html
I guess that is an example of one company (Microsoft), who
doesn't like libreware. they have a pretty bad track record in
general for someone that abuses their power, in many domains.
though you said software-owners plural, so I'm wondering who
these alleged others are.
If it's just Microsoft, then I'd say it's more of a "single
actor" rather than some kind of "pattern".
so far all the publishers you've linked to seem to also be
supportive of libreware, and disliking of Microsofts behaviour.
>
>
>
> On Friday 22 May 2015,
streondj@gmail.com wrote:
> > will hill" easy to observe pattern of publishers missrepresenting GNU
> > and the FSF by all means at their disposal"
> >
> > examples?
>
>