Re: [tlug] Re: [CoLoCo] RESPECT MICROSOFT

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 14/08/07, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:

> Intriguing, but my knowledge of both GPLv3 and American History (*) is
> fairly shallow. Can you explain more explicitly which parts of the 1789
> constitution resemble GPLv3?

His point was that until 1865 (the end of the American Civil War[1],
for non-American readers), a non-trivial portion of Americans felt
that parts of our Constitution[2] were, to quote Ken, "a monstrosity,
and a mockery".

> *: Of course I know all about 1865 as I've read Gone With The Wind. (I'm
> hoping there was no bias in that historical account...)

If you are interested, bring the subject of the Civil War up at a
nomikai were both Stephen and I are present. He is a Northerner, and I
am a Southerner, so our analysis of the war is probably quite
different. Mine boils down to this: I think the war was not just, but
I am glad that it was fought and glad the South lost. Had the South
won and become the CSA[3], I would have been born in a Third World
country, and probably never met a computer, much less ended up working
with them.

Still, when I watch Civil War movies, my heart is with the boys in
grey. Sorry, it is what's in the non-logical part of my brain (which
some might claim is most of it).

Cheers,
Josh

[1] http://www.shirky.com/writings/rss.cgi
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America