On 10/11/10 18:58, Stephen Davies wrote:
> to all HantsLug,
> Many of you may well have heard of Groklaw. (http://www.groklaw.net)
> At least two of HantsLug members are regular contibutors. I'm one and
> 'Vic' is another.
>
> If you are a contributor like us then you will probably know of the
> award that PJ and Groklaw has just received
> from the EFF.
> Due to death threats that PJ has received in the past from people about
> the SCO case, she didn't attend in person but sent a video.
> The .mov or .ogg format of the video is there in the site to download.
>
> A site like Groklaw brings a totally new dimension to Open Source as PJ
> states in the video. It shows that it goes far beyond lines of 'C' (or
> any other language you prefer) code and all that GNU/Linux represents.
>
> Stephen Davies.
http://www.groklaw.net/images/awardvideofinalwithcopyright.mov
She talks about free and open source software, inferring Linux, GNU et
al. I don't think you stating GNU/Linux, inferring GNU has some
hierarchy above Linux, is appropriate. There are so many other open
source software groups like xorg, OpenOffice.org (libreoffice), Apache,
MySQL, etc which are all part of the community. GNU/Linux is offensive
to me, I believe in Open Source (FLOSS), not the self proclaimed god
Stallman. Groklaw has played a huge part in the OSS movement, however I
will still not call Linux Groklaw/Linux, just to make sure no one
forgets the role she has played in FLOSS. Anyone with any sense will
look at the history of Linux and make their own mind up. Without Linux,
the majority of the communities effort would be running on propriety
OS's, thankfully the community adopted it and it has been incredibly
successful.
John.
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