Re: Wasting our Freedom

David Newall
2007-09-17T13:29:00Z

Jacob Meuser wrote:
> when I see the linux community start to take credit for works they
> did not create and I see the linux community respond to warnings
> that people in the community are going overboard and jeopardizing
> the linux community, which we do all benefit from, with a more or
> less "whatever" attitude, it makes me sad. it would be like losing
> a friend. I don't like losing friends, so I get vocal.
>

All very nicely said.

I'd like to add that an insult implicit in the attempt to remove the BSD
license is that it says to the original authors, "we plan to improve
this code, and when we do you'll never again be able to ship it as
BSD." They weren't the words, but that's what you get when you think to
the future.

Although opinions seem still to be divided, I think everyone has been
reminded that just because you can doesn't mean you should.

> I don't understand why the linux community can't seem to say,

The one shining light in this whole sorry Atheros saga is that it's now
all history; the only people still talking about it are people not
directly involved. The matter could now rest...