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| DATE | 2003-02-17 |
| FROM | Richard Stallman
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [fairuse] Re: [Marketing] Re: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU
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The conference will give ample opportunity for the
Free Software Movement and the Open Software Movement to
clearly state that they are competitors to Microsoft's current
approach,
This conference won't give the Free Software Movement much of an
opportunity to state anything, because the conference refuses to
recognize our existence. It treats us as part of the other movement.
When Tony asked me to speak at his conference last October, I said I
would do so if he made it a "free software and open source"
conference. He refused--apparently the Free Software Movement's
leaders were welcome to appear as part of the Open Source Movement,
but our movement's existence had to be denied. I declined to go.
The free software movement was not welcome at the conference; its
leaders were invited, yes, but invited to appear as supporters of the
open source movement. It seems that Microsoft is more welcome at this
conference than the free software movement is.
I wish the Open Source Movement success, all else being equal, even
though I do not support it. But what this conference is doing is
trying to quash us, and that is bad.
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New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
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