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"This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source"
without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

Citadel: a storied history https://www.citadel.org/citadel_past_present_and_future.html

TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.

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On 2/15/23 05:34, maus wrote:

On 2023-02-15, Citadel BBS History <citadel@bbs.history> wrote:

"This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source"
without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

Citadel: a storied history
https://www.citadel.org/citadel_past_present_and_future.html

TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.

I would disagree. He is a non-group thinker.

He tells us what he thinks about. Richard Stallman Quotes:

"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children.
The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the
idea that their little baby is maturing."

"There is little evidence to justify the widespread assumption that
willing participation in pedophilia hurts children. Granted, children
may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not realize they could
say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object, the
relationship may still feel imposed to them. That's not willing
participation, it's imposed participation, a different issue."

"Prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia ... should be legal as long
as no one is coerced. They are illegal only because of prejudice and narrowmindedness."

"I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female
apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they
want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?"

"Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex
between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it," Stallman wrote. "Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to
understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This
changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I
am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why."
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Oh So Gross! <oh@so.gross> wrote:

"I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female
apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they
want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?"

And this, children, is where mermaids come from.

Stallman has made real, significant contributions, including
re-invigorating the idea of open source for the post-unbundling era, but
he’s much too full of himself, and has failed to realize that things have moved on.
--
Pete
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On 2/15/23 06:25, Citadel BBS History wrote:

"This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source" without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

​When you use the term "communist" against someone derogatorily, do you
use it with the literal definition term in mind, or do you use it as a
generic insult, regardless of its literal definition?
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According to Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com>:

is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

​When you use the term "communist" against someone derogatorily, do you >use it with the literal definition term in mind, or do you use it as a >generic insult, regardless of its literal definition?

Stallman is the guy behind the Gnu Public License, which is intended
to force software to be freely sharable rather than sold so in that
sense I suppose you might argue that he's opposed to private property.
But as far as I know, that's just about software. As anyone familiar
with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business did
just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

So in this case I think it's "communist" in the sense of "poopyhead".
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On 16/02/2023 02:33, John Levine wrote:

As anyone familiar
with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business did
just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

Back in those days there was no portable software.

IAC software was just a way to help sell the hardware.

Andy
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On 2023-02-16, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

According to Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com>:

is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

???When you use the term "communist" against someone derogatorily, do you >>use it with the literal definition term in mind, or do you use it as a >>generic insult, regardless of its literal definition?

Stallman is the guy behind the Gnu Public License, which is intended
to force software to be freely sharable rather than sold ...

Not quite. You can sell it. From the GPL 2, second paragraph ...

"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things."

.... so in that
sense I suppose you might argue that he's opposed to private property.
But as far as I know, that's just about software. As anyone familiar
with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business did
just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
So in this case I think it's "communist" in the sense of "poopyhead".

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According to Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid>:

On 16/02/2023 02:33, John Levine wrote:

As anyone familiar
with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business did
just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

Back in those days there was no portable software.

Um, the entire point of COBOL was to be portable, and people were
certainly moving Fortran programs from one kind of machine to another
by 1960. You might want to brush up on your history.

Hint: the CO stands for COmmon.
--
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Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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On 2023-02-15, Citadel BBS History <citadel@bbs.history> wrote:

"This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source" without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

Citadel: a storied history https://www.citadel.org/citadel_past_present_and_future.html

TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.

Eh, GuixSD it's far more revolutionary than these old-fashioned dickheads.
And Emacs interface for the blind, Emacspeak, it's far ahead of everything.
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On 2023-02-16, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

According to Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid>:

On 16/02/2023 02:33, John Levine wrote:

As anyone familiar
with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business
did just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

Back in those days there was no portable software.

Um, the entire point of COBOL was to be portable, and people were
certainly moving Fortran programs from one kind of machine to another
by 1960. You might want to brush up on your history.

Hint: the CO stands for COmmon.

Still, as with everything else, IBM did its best to add proprietary
extensions to lock people in. (Yes, that's one more "innovation"
that Microsoft didn't invent.) But if you were careful you could
write in a fairly portable dialect.
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X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
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In article <tsifaj$2o79$1@news.cyber23.de>,
Citadel BBS History <citadel@bbs.history> wrote:

[snip drivel]
"Richard Stallman as Seen via the BBS Scene"?

I'm no Stallman fan, but... Who cares what the
"BBS Scene" thinks of him?

- Dan C.

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John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:

So in this case I think it's "communist" in the sense of "poopyhead".

I had a face to face confrontation with Stallman on the
'GNU/Linux' issue. I told him that if and when Linus, Bob Young,
and Marc Ewing called it that, I would as well. He stomped off.
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& no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
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Am 15.02.2023 um 05:25:22 Uhr schrieb Citadel BBS History:

Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute
little more than noise and friction to the open source community."

This is BS - RMS stands for freedom in software development and usage - communism isn't freedom at all.

Nobody is forced to use or develop free software.

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On 2023-03-27, Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote:

Am 15.02.2023 um 05:25:22 Uhr schrieb Citadel BBS History:

Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute
little more than noise and friction to the open source community."

This is BS - RMS stands for freedom in software development and usage - communism isn't freedom at all.

Nobody is forced to use or develop free software.

well said, that man
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On 3/27/23 03:04, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 15.02.2023 um 05:25:22 Uhr schrieb Citadel BBS History:

Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute
little more than noise and friction to the open source community."

This is BS - RMS stands for freedom in software development and usage - communism isn't freedom at all.

Nein. RMS is a pinko. RMS stands for the freedom of big companies and
his pinko hacker friends to use your free software, make mountains of
money, and pay you nothing for it. That's what the GPL is really about.
It is about their freedom to use you, not your freedom as a creator.

Nobody is forced to use or develop free software.

If you don't have a free software repository online you will not have an
easy time finding a job in the stack monkey market. You are forced
create free software if you want to be considered for jobs. Most
employers I know of want to see your public github repo. So RMS and his
GPL have millions of programmers donating free code to Microsoft's
GitHub, the biggest proprietary, non-free software maker in the world.

His "free software" movement has myriads of programmers writing software
for free that the corporations use to make money. Free software ideology
is basically a free-of-charge labor racket dressed up in slogans. That's communism.

Others with a brain realize this as well:

"RMS wants all software to be GPL, which not only requires source code
and permits modification but also permits redistribution. So basically
it allows others "pirate your product", at least compared to commercial licenses. So you're gonna be dependent on donations, which (if anything)
keep you at the bare minimum for the project to survive, 99% of the
time. De facto, he is against making money from software (as well as
online services, btw)." --k0defix (reddit)

Then others without a brain blurt insanity like this:

"No, because if he was a Communist, he would not insist that people can package free software and sell it." --johncate73 (reddit)

But he insists that the original author must permit anyone else to
package and sell his creation, without compensation. That's communism.
--
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!furzen!tuten!hupen!poopen!kacke!kinderficker

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On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:17:38 -0000 (UTC)
Arschraub Bosartig <schliessmuskel@einbrecher.invalid> wrote:

If you don't have a free software repository online you will not have an easy time finding a job in the stack monkey market. You are forced
create free software if you want to be considered for jobs.

This is not true, I have been continuously employed as a software developer since 1982, always moving upwards, never having trouble getting employment and at 63 I regularly get messages from recruiters (I've been turning down Google, Amazon and Facebook/Meta for years). I have never published any free software other than small contribution to existing
projects, I certainly don't have a github repo.
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On 2023-03-28, Arschraub Bosartig <schliessmuskel@einbrecher.invalid> wrote:

His "free software" movement has myriads of programmers writing software
for free that the corporations use to make money. Free software ideology
is basically a free-of-charge labor racket dressed up in slogans. That's communism.

Wow that's communism is it. When is it time for your meds?

"No, because if he was a Communist, he would not insist that people can package free software and sell it." --johncate73 (reddit)

But he insists that the original author must permit anyone else to
package and sell his creation, without compensation. That's communism.

He doesn't _insist_ . As a writer of software you can choose
any license you fancy - from propriety ones to a miriad of open source
ones.

I assume you are equally down on all other open source licenses????

Jeeze you are brain dead.
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On 2023-03-28, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:17:38 -0000 (UTC)
Arschraub Bosartig <schliessmuskel@einbrecher.invalid> wrote:

If you don't have a free software repository online you will not have an
easy time finding a job in the stack monkey market. You are forced
create free software if you want to be considered for jobs.

This is not true, I have been continuously employed as a software developer since 1982, always moving upwards, never having trouble getting employment and at 63 I regularly get messages from recruiters (I've been turning down Google, Amazon and Facebook/Meta for years). I have never published any free software other than small contribution to existing projects, I certainly don't have a github repo.

Like everything else he says - it doesn't make sense.
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:16:39 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
<steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:17:38 -0000 (UTC)
Arschraub Bosartig <schliessmuskel@einbrecher.invalid> wrote:

If you don't have a free software repository online you will not have an
easy time finding a job in the stack monkey market. You are forced
create free software if you want to be considered for jobs.

This is not true, I have been continuously employed as a software
developer since 1982, always moving upwards, never having trouble getting >employment and at 63 I regularly get messages from recruiters (I've been >turning down Google, Amazon and Facebook/Meta for years). I have never >published any free software other than small contribution to existing >projects, I certainly don't have a github repo.

I think he is just a troll you are replying to.
--
Jim
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Am 28.03.2023 um 02:17:38 Uhr schrieb Arschraub Bosartig:

"RMS wants all software to be GPL, which not only requires source
code and permits modification but also permits redistribution. So
basically it allows others "pirate your product", at least compared
to commercial licenses. So you're gonna be dependent on donations,
which (if anything) keep you at the bare minimum for the project to
survive, 99% of the time. De facto, he is against making money from
software (as well as online services, btw)." --k0defix (reddit)

That is BS - GPL does not restrict users to sell it.
Many companies like RedHat do that and give additional support for
money.

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On the other hand, why should people be paid over and over again for the
same piece of work? Most people get paid by the hour for their
work. Copyright laws allow people to be paid even when they are
dead. Where is the sense in that?

And imagine if you had to pay for every bit of knowledge you ever
acquired because there was a copyright on it?
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On 2/15/23 13:25, Citadel BBS History wrote:

"This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source" without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
more than noise and friction to the open source community."

Citadel: a storied history https://www.citadel.org/citadel_past_present_and_future.html

TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.

Why don't you say "Linux" when you are talking about Android?
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On 2/15/23 12:25, Citadel BBS History wrote:

TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.

Hey buster, go easy on the hamburgers and coca cola. You're going to
have a heart attack.


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<On 14Feb2024 19:58 Oh So Gross! wrote a message to All regarding Re: Richard Stallman as Seen via the BBS Scene >

He tells us what he thinks about. Richard Stallman Quotes:

"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms
children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on
cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents
who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is
maturing."

Oh my! What perverted crap! To being with, you've certainly picked the wrong newsgroup to post this sort of rubbish. Too bad it's not a moderated group!

Best regards,
Marc

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