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Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that
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Ruben I Safir |
Subject: |
Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that |
Date: |
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:29:40 -0500 |
Bradly took on Brett Wynkoop into the FSF Booth at LWE...
Need I say more..
Ruben
On 2003.02.06 18:05 David Sugar wrote:
>
> On Thursday 06 February 2003 17:35, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> > David Sugar said:
> > > I did not specifically suggest this event should be "boycotted" or that
> > > I have called for any form of "boycott", so please do not imply this; I
> > > mealy stated that I chose to not attend it. However, I tend to think
> > > people of conscious will likely make the same choice and certainly
> > > people are free to make up their own minds.
> >
> > I worded myself poorly. Two clarifications.
> >
> > 1. I do not necessarily believe events calling things Open Source should
> > be avoided like the plague. I think the benefit vs harm needs to be
> > weighed on a case by case basis. This particular event my gripe is that
> > they are lumping "shared source" into the "open source" category, which is
> > extremely damaging.
>
> Yes, extremely. I also interpreted it in this way and I am glad we both see
> this the exact same way.
>
> > 2. I accidently through poor choice of words, implied that David was
> > boycotting this event. When what I should have made clear was that David
> > was making a good choice by avoiding this event (imho), but that I would
> > recommend that GNUe as a whole boycott (avoid) it.
> >
> > -Derek
>
> I am not suggesting a boycott is nessisarly a bad idea either, just that I
> had
> not proposed one :). I think it would be useful to hear from a few more
> people before calling for such a boycott, however. Bradley would have been a
> good choice to hear from, but unfortunately he is away until the middle of
> Febuary.
>
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- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, (continued)
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Ruben I Safir, 2003/02/06
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Jay Sulzberger, 2003/02/06
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Chalu Kim, 2003/02/07
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Richard Stallman, 2003/02/07
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Jay Sulzberger, 2003/02/07
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, David Sugar, 2003/02/07
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Richard Stallman, 2003/02/10
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Chalu Kim, 2003/02/10
- Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Derek Neighbors, 2003/02/06
- Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, David Sugar, 2003/02/06
- Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that,
Ruben I Safir <=
Re: [hangout] eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Jay Sulzberger, 2003/02/06
Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Stanley A. Klein, 2003/02/08
Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that, Ruben I Safir, 2003/02/08