Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: Help wanted (sysadmin work)

[Yaroslav Klyukin]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     In my opinion it is proper for anybody to call his own product any name 
>     he wishes as long as it does not interfere with copyright laws.
>
> What a bizarre idea--if something is legal, you believe that
> automatically makes it right and proper.  It is lawful to call you a
> fool, so (according to you) it must be right and proper to do so.

It may be right and proper in some occasions, for instance if you are my 
close friend and I made a foolish mistake, that is right and proper.

> So don't take offense, now--you said this was proper.
>
> GNU is not just a technical project, its essence is an ethical
> principle.  Non-free software is not illegal, but we believe it is
> unethical.  We believe in other, less radical ethical principles too.
> Giving people credit for their work is often not legally required, but
> we think it is the right thing to do.

As I mentioned in my previous e-mail, I agree that giving people credit 
- is a right thing to do, but renaming somebody's product to do that - 
is not.