--- "Roberto J. Dohnert" <robertdohnert@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted text
> Quick question, do we really need an endorsement from Richard
> Stallman and the 
> FSF for OpenBSD?  When I choose an OS I don't go to Richard and the
> FSF, I 
> choose the OS I want to use whether its Kubuntu or PCLinuxOS for the
> desktop 
> (with all the non-free software that makes my heart sing), OpenBSD
> for my 
> server and NetBSD for my Firewall.  I never consulted anyone on my
> two 
> Windows machines either,  Richard Stallman and the FSF have NEVER
> endorsed a 
> BSD or UNIX system, so why should that change now?  I'm sure some of
> you care 
> what Richard and the FSF think but in the long run.  Does it really
> matter?  
> To me this thread has spiraled out of control with no give or take
> from 
> either side and its equatable to trying to convince Bill and Steve to
> open 
> source Windows.
> 
> 


I definitely care what RMS thinks.  I most certainly care that his
nutter values, etc NOT be associated with OpenBSD.

I would request the devs make not one move to satiate his extremist
desires.  But, to spend that time doing what they have always done;
make OpenBSD better and better and...

best regards,
Reid Nichol

President Bush says:

War Is Peace
Freedom Is Slavery
Ignorance Is Strength


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