I actually think it's wholly pertinent to discuss it here on the list, especially when such...delicate things are being put into the 'history' of the Liverpool Linux User Group. If the group as a whole is being branded as disregarding software freedoms, then the group as a whole has a right to voice their opinion on it, and discuss with the instigator.<div>
<br></div><div>Bob, you're a cool dude, but I think some of the political stuff going on lately is a bit...wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>I think we're all aware of your own personal stance on things such as software freedom, open source, proprietary software, etc. And I don't think anyone on the list or who attends the meetings would begrudge you of having such a stance - in fact it's quite admirable.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But to make out, publicly, that LivLUG has a 'disregard' for software freedom is pretty wrong in my view. As has already been mentioned by others, a Linux User Group is not the same as a Free Software Group. It's kinda like complaining that the colour black is difficult to see at night...</div>
<div><br></div><div>If LivLUG doesn't have the fundamentalist stance on software freedom as you do, then I accept that. But the way that history was worded, comes across as if LivLUG is in the wrong for being what a Linux User Group is.<br>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 September 2012 19:38, Bob Ham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rah@settrans.net" target="_blank">rah@settrans.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:23 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:<br>
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> I take issue with this though.<br>
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</div>Again, I won't respond to these points here because I think it would be<br>
a bad idea. Suffice it to say that I stand by what I've said and<br>
written. If anybody has a burning desire to discuss any issues, I'm<br>
happy to do so privately, off list.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
--<br>
Bob Ham <<a href="mailto:rah@settrans.net">rah@settrans.net</a>><br>
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for (;;) { ++pancakes; }<br>
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