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    Comment #13054088

    I haven't attacked anyone, and I haven't even mentioned RMS until now. That's a very weird accusation.

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    Comment #13054083

    Well, it looks like I was wrong about the origin of the term. I misread Eric Raymond's changelog, and after a half hour of searching I can't find an earlier use. (I wish there was …

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    Comment #13053939

    And yet, if I look at: https://archive.org/stream/CathedralAndTheBazaar/cathedral-bazaar_djvu.txt I see that Eric Raymond used the term on November 18th 1997. Wanna place a bet tha…

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    Comment #13053865

    Look, he used a bullshit argument. One guy says, (paraphrasing) [open source has many advantages]. The next guy replies by quoting the opensource.org website as though that's the o…

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    Comment #13053459

    Do you think one mission statement on one website represents the position for all of us?

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    Comment #13053426

    I can believe there are some open source advocates who claim your first bullet, and there are a few cherry examples (i.e. Linux), but I'm guessing a lot of us are better represente…