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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Your posting on www.slashdot.org.
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-06-19 23:09:40
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Dear David,

I understand your concern about my e-mail to Mr Carter (knghtbrd@debian.org). 
However I don't like to be described as criminal. I think I was still very 
polite. I didn't even use the word "fuck". Mr Carter expressed in the 
past to be very concerned about being sued so I think my request to him was 
appropriate. Mr Carter seems to be one of the few Debian people who are 
actually capable of making a coherent statement on this issue, it is therefor 
sad when Mr Carter gets carried away in overly broad and offending statements 
and brings his opinions as if these opinions are established facts, which 
they are not.

Mr Carter self-appointed role in what he refers to as "licensing issues" 
serves primarily his own agenda. Mr Carter does not use KDE, has no intention 
do so in the future and does, to my knowledge, not own any code that is part 
of KDE. This alone doesn't disqualify Mr Carter's opinions though. This 
changes when Mr Carter starts to engage in FUD spreading. By doing that it 
starts to be very hard to believe Mr Carter when he says that his proposals 
are intented to "help" KDE.

My request send to Mr Carter should be seen in this light. It is in the best 
interest of Mr Carter's own credibility that he stays to facts and voices his 
opinions as just that: his opinions.

I have no problem with Mr Carter, or Debian for that matter, pursuing their 
own political agenda as long as it is clear what this agenda is. I think that 
that is in the interest of all involved parties. We actually might discover 
some common grounds then.

Cheers,
Waldo
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