> They gained a short-term advantage by not asking contributors
for
> legal papers, the way I do; that endangers the ability to enforce the
> GPL for XEmacs.
>
> Please do not help them win this rivalry. If you don't want to help
> me, at least please don't urge people to join their camp.
Oh, how the might have fallen!
There was a time when I greatly respected RMS. But with every
battle he fights, I lose respect for him.
After seeing how he has treated the XEmacs developers, seeing
the lignux debacle, seeing the gcc/egcs fight, I must conclude
that the FSF and RMS will becoming increasingly irrelevant
amoung free software developers.
I used to believe that RMS was for free software. Now I believe
he is only for free software that he completely controls.
The whole situation is a damn shame, really.
--
Richard Coleman
coleman(a)math.gatech.edu