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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: richard.j.fish@×××××.com [mailto:richard.j.fish@×××××.com]On |
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> Behalf Of Richard Fish |
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> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:20 PM |
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> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: How To Play WMV (thread drift - |
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> slaveryware) |
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> On 9/29/06, Bob Young <BYoung@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Would you go to war, or be willing to die for the "freedom" that open |
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source |
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> > provides? If not, then equating it with the freedoms that real mean and |
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> > women have fought and died for is to marginalize the importance the word |
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> > meant to convey. |
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> No, but that is *my* opinion. However Duncan has stated previously |
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> that, while he probably wouldn't be willing to die to defend his |
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> freedom regarding open source software, that he _should_ be willing to |
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> do so. |
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That is a very crucial difference, and deserves not to be glossed over. |
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*Should* and *is* are two very different things. Men and women *have* |
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actually died to protect our freedom, to equate something that isn't |
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actually worth that ultimate price with the word, frankly, cheapens the |
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word. |
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>So by your standard, *his* use of those terms is really not |
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> all that far fetched. |
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See above. |
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> I do agree that the terms are very strong..much stronger than my |
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> feelings on the subject, which is why I do not use them. But you |
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> really should read what Duncan has said previously on this [1]. His |
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> feelings are very strong on the subject...strong enough to justify his |
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> use of these terms IMO. |
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Feelings don't change the meanings of words, and meanings are not dependent |
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upon the feelings/perspective of the person using them. |
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Regards |
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Bob Young |
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