On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Morton Harrow  wrote:

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> Dear gentlemen (and included list-members),

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> Let me first introduce myself. My name is Morton Harrow, senior GNU/Linux

Hmmm... something is telling me this message won't have a happy end.
> consultant in the London metropolitan area. I have been around in the Open

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> Source world since the early beginning. I am very happy with the spirit and

Oh, yeah! Since BSD tapes were distributed or earlier, when Ken Thompson

was mailing UNIX source code and handwriting the package labels himself?
> efforts of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

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Eeekkk!!!
> As the name mentions  free , one would think this organisation embraces real

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> freedom. I can't help but feel that the FSF has made a mistake with the

> release of the third version of the GPL (GPLv3). This license restricts the

> freedom and usage of open source software for governments, companies and

> end-users alike.

Wow!!!  "Free software" isn't free after all!!!! Stop the presses!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put this story close to the "Extra! Extra!! Moore law is still valid!" headline.
> Linking from other software which is not regarded by the FSF as free software,

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> is not allowed by this license. I can't help but wonder if this is the freedom

> the FSF intensions. Real free should be that users are allowed link any

> software against GPL licensed software, without restrictions. But the current

>  freedom  restricts the spirit of Richard M. Stallman's original vision on a

> free world.

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Now it's getting serious!!!
> We propose to release as soon as possible, version 4 of the General Public

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> License.

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Hey!! I have a suggestion! This is so radically new!!! How about naming this

 "version 4 of the GPL" as something entirely different, like, say.... "BSD"???
I'm having a seizure right now. Can't keep the reading.