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[John Sullivan]

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-<title>Linus converts to Islam - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation 
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-<h2>Linus Converts to Islam</h2>
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-<b>Wiki News</b>
-
-<p>Linus Torvalds, joining such other pioneers as Cat Stevens, and
-Sammy Davis Jr., has converted to Islam.  As a result, he has now
-renounced his prior work in furthering the &ldquo;open source
-movement&rdquo; and revoked the licence for use of his Linux
-kernel.</p>
-
-<p>When reached for comment, the notorious recluse stated that he aims
-to re-issue the licence in the near future once the kernel has been
-adapted so as not to function with uses which are contrary to Islam as
-he interprets it.  What future remains for the GNU project remains
-unclear, although insiders note that it sharpens the distinctions
-between the open source compared with the free software movement.
-Speaking off the record, the source expanded on the
-&ldquo;knife-edge&rdquo; or &ldquo;house of cards&rdquo; on which the
-open source movement is built, dependent on a small span of
-traditional rights, whereas the free software movement encourages more
-broad, cultural change, which, he felt, may inspire new ways to
-address the current conundrum.</p>
-
-<p>When asked if this is the beginning of a macro-fragmentation of
-Linux some wonder if this is not already occurring now, and raise the
-issue of China and its parallel standards to accepted protocols.
-Others point to the eventual expiration of the protected rights which
-are key to all &ldquo;open source&rdquo; software, so that Linus
-Torvald's conversion should serve as a wake-up call as to the broader
-problem &mdash; a kind of Linux Y2K &mdash; even if a new kernel is
-reverse-engineered to replace the Torvalds kernel.</p>
-
-<p>One free software ideologue summarized the current situation as
-that most people think of the relationship between the open source
-movement and the free software movement as like that between socialism
-and communism.  Instead, he argues, we should see the open source
-movement as like boosters of movable type (as both spread a form of
-technological literacy.)  The free software movement, in contrast,
-promotes the culture of public libraries, including with respect to
-software.  Obviously public libraries benefited from movable type, but
-they are not limited to such productions, he added.  How much
-publishing drives reading patterns or reading drives publishing
-patterns is an open debate, he concluded, although he suggested an
-historical review of that dynamic might be fruitful in suggesting new
-interactions between open source and free software, as competing
-views.</p>
-
-<p>Critical of the Eric Raymond model, which he says examined an
-empirical case, the early growth of Linux, and distilled what he took
-to be the active ingredient &mdash; massive independent peer review
-&mdash; he points out that while such review may help debug software,
-that it doesn't inspire software (nor new ideas in general) unlike a
-culture of freedom such as free software promotes.  Additionally, open
-source only promotes peer review of those who can afford access,
-whereas the free software movement encourages a much wider peer
-review, and &ldquo;that's just better for software too,&rdquo; this
-insider claims.</p>
-
-<p>Moreover, whereas the Raymond model is an outgrowth of an empirical
-case, stalling actions in the inexorable development of software
-suggest to developers that a revision of the model may be in order,
-with these hiccups as the new empirical case to consider.</p>
-
-<p>Both the open source and free software movements were built by
-those with a certain playfulness, both in computer terms, and
-linguistically.  One new proponent suggests that the time is right for
-a new challenge, which he terms, &ldquo;often aims.&rdquo; This
-manifesto he derives as follows: habitual and often are synonymous, as
-are goals and aims.  Whereas a manifesto is a statement of habitual
-goals, this translates as that a manifesto is a statement of often
-aims, of which manifesto is its anagram.</p>
-
-<p>The often aims movement suggests that the open source and free
-software movements are in a cultural cold war as to whether the way of
-thinking on rights expiration day will indulge non-restricted
-licensing when the legal protection will be absent.</p>
-
-<p>The often aims perspective in considering the free software
-movement as a cultural concept to spread, sees it as offering some
-hope that when those licenses expire that the way of thinking within
-the world will see the benefits of preventing restricted licenses.</p>
-
-<p>The open source movement, with a culture based only on entwined
-interests, seems more likely to fracture at that time, he notes.</p>
-
-<p>Right now though is the critical time so that the free software
-message is in place for when that day arrives.</p>
-
-<p><a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a> in the GNU Humor
-Collection.</p>
-
-<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4>
-<p>The joke on this page was obtained from the
-FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email archives</a> of the GNU
-Project.</p>
-<p>The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this joke.</p>
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