Re: Squid as GNU software...

Agreed. And I highly doubt there would be any bizarre demands of
calling Squid "GNU/Squid" in all future mentions...I think the problem
is that RMS has a clear political agenda which not all GNU software
developers agree with. Because glibc is such a high profile project,
and used by every single Linux user on the planet, it would be the
likely place for such battles to take place while Squid would not.

I withhold any argument one way or another about the issue. Just
thought it worth taking into consideration.

(Though the "any future GNU license" clause does creep me out a bit.
Leaves the software basically under the control of RMS, who has begun to
prove himself a bit psychotic on some issues. Squid currently has this
clause and I would expect would be required to maintain it if under the
umbrella of GNU/FSF.)

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> RMS political view and agenda is quite well known, but I think I must agree
> with a anonymous comment on this article:
>
> http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-16-002-06-LT-0010
>
> Obviously there is some kind of disagreement between Drepper and RMS. On what
> I don't know, and Drepper did not sched any light on this matter.
>
> While I do not fully agree with the agenda of FSF or RMS, I still consider
> FSF a good home for a software.
>
> --
> Henrik
>
> Joe Cooper wrote:
>
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I know that Duane has been considering placing Squid under the umbrella
>>of GNU and the FSF in some near future version (with a lot of good
>>reasons for doing so). But, something worth considering is the comments
>>in the release notes of the latest glibc by the glibc maintainer
>>regarding a hostile "takeover attempt" by RMS.
>>
>>Something to think about, perhaps:
>>
>>http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-16-002-06-LT
>>
>>Scroll on down to the "And now for some not so nice things" section.
>>
>>Anyway, just saw this mentioned on Slashdot and thought it might be of
>>interest to Squid developers, particularly since FSF/GNU is in Squid's
>>future. Sounds like there is potential for ugliness if RMS disagrees
>>with a developer.

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Received on Mon Aug 20 2001 - 13:00:06 MDT