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Re: Stallman: Accusatory Report Deliberately Confuses
Posted by: Lisa Stapleton 2004-05-28 07:56:07

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GNU Project founder Richard Stallman has told LinuxInsider that a recent report's use of interviews with Stallman is a "deliberate" attempt to confuse people about the origins of the Linux kernel, the GNU system and software developed as part of the free-software and open-source movements. "The purpose of this report is to confuse, to cause fear, uncertainty and doubt," Stallman said of a draft of a report by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute. "These people have taken money from Microsoft, they've tried this before, and now they're trying to do it again."

Re: Stallman: Accusatory Report Deliberately Confuses
Posted by: geofbrewer 2004-05-30 17:05:26 In reply to: Lisa Stapleton

It makes you wonder about people submiting code not originating from them, and then passing it off to the trusting. Makes for a great read or maybe a movie, if handled properly. Maybe Mr. Stallman and Mr. Torvalds have been handled.

Re: Stallman: Accusatory Report Deliberately Confuses
Posted by: evghenii 2004-05-29 03:29:34 In reply to: Lisa Stapleton

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