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| DATE | 2003-02-06 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that
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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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