Comments on: Attacks on GPL suggest it is winning http://www.the-source.com/2009/11/attacks-on-gpl-suggest-it-is-winning/ Free and Open Source Software News and Opinion Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jason http://www.the-source.com/2009/11/attacks-on-gpl-suggest-it-is-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Jason Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:36 +0000 http://www.the-source.com/?p=289#comment-33 Yes! Exactly correct! Oh snap, I just remembered a small point. A tiny, tiny point: <strong>It's not MY argument.</strong> Rather it is the argument of one of the quote-quote "Most influential people in Open Source" end-quote-quote. Which is why I provided the "Inspired by" link. I guess that's too subtle for some readers? Here I'll ruin the joke by explaining it, just for anyone else at the back of the class: Someone who is among the quote-quote "most influential people in Open Source" end-quote-quote constantly fills a blog with the most idiotic and illogical arguments, and - surprise, surprise! - one of his favorite targets is the GPL and Free Software ideals. By satirizing his own exact words - if one grants the trivial changes I made the lofty label of satire - we see how foolish not only his arguments are, but how foolish those are that put such spokesmen and arguments up on a pedestal. Yes! Exactly correct! Oh snap, I just remembered a small point. A tiny, tiny point:

It’s not MY argument.

Rather it is the argument of one of the quote-quote “Most influential people in Open Source” end-quote-quote. Which is why I provided the “Inspired by” link. I guess that’s too subtle for some readers? Here I’ll ruin the joke by explaining it, just for anyone else at the back of the class:

Someone who is among the quote-quote “most influential people in Open Source” end-quote-quote constantly fills a blog with the most idiotic and illogical arguments, and – surprise, surprise! – one of his favorite targets is the GPL and Free Software ideals.

By satirizing his own exact words – if one grants the trivial changes I made the lofty label of satire – we see how foolish not only his arguments are, but how foolish those are that put such spokesmen and arguments up on a pedestal.

]]> By: Skeptic http://www.the-source.com/2009/11/attacks-on-gpl-suggest-it-is-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Skeptic Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:11 +0000 http://www.the-source.com/?p=289#comment-32 By your argument, then, we can deduce that Windows has completely defeated open source. By your argument, then, we can deduce that Windows has completely defeated open source.

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