Essay RFC delayed.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>:
> However, Eric and the Open Source movement deliberately avoid the
> issues that I focus on most: issues of principle.  They do not say
> that we deserve freedom to share and change software, or urge people
> to refuse to give up their freedom by accepting non-free software.

That's right.  If we did that, we would confuse and/or alienate
everybody but the 5% of the population wired just like hackers.  Which
is exactly what you did for fifteen years.

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is *stop digging*.
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		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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check against usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally,
even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist
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