Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that

[Ruben I Safir]

Bradly took on Brett Wynkoop into the FSF Booth at LWE...
Need I say more..

Ruben

On 2003.02.06 18:05 David Sugar wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 06 February 2003 17:35, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> > David Sugar said:
> > > I did not specifically suggest this event should be "boycotted" or that
> > > I have  called for any form of "boycott", so please do not imply this; I
> > > mealy stated  that I chose to not attend it.  However, I tend to think
> > > people of conscious  will likely make the same choice and certainly
> > > people are free to make up  their own minds.
> >
> > I worded myself poorly.  Two clarifications.
> >
> > 1. I do not necessarily believe events calling things Open Source should
> > be avoided like the plague.  I think the benefit vs harm needs to be
> > weighed on a case by case basis.  This particular event my gripe is that
> > they are lumping "shared source" into the "open source" category, which is
> > extremely damaging.
> 
> Yes, extremely.  I also interpreted it in this way and I am glad we both see 
> this the exact same way.  
> 
> > 2. I accidently through poor choice of words, implied that David was
> > boycotting this event.  When what I should have made clear was that David
> > was making a good choice by avoiding this event (imho), but that I would
> > recommend that GNUe as a whole boycott (avoid) it.
> >
> > -Derek
> 
> I am not suggesting a boycott is nessisarly a bad idea either, just that I 
> had 
> not proposed one :).  I think it would be useful to hear from a few more 
> people before calling for such a boycott, however.  Bradley would have been a 
> good choice to hear from, but unfortunately he is away until the middle of 
> Febuary.
> 
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