Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[Alan Mackenzie]

In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> [...]
>> Is RMS a socialist?  

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/cuba_does_linux/

> -----
> Cuba has launched its own Linux variant, dubbed Nova.
> 
> The Nova project has been cooking away for the past year, and it was
> formally unveiled this week at the annual International Conference on
> Communication and Technologies in Havana. At last year's conference - a
> Microsoft-bash-fest - open source luminary Richard Stallman convinced
> attendees to take open source software not only to their heart, but to
> their computers.
> 
> The Cuban government, under the auspices of the Universidad de las
> Ciencias Inform?ticas (UCI), created Nova by spinning its own rev on the
> Gentoo variant of Linux. English speakers will no doubt have fun with
> that catchy Nova name, which has turned up in urban mythology involves
> other products in Spanish speaking countries, including a Chevy sedan
> and some Mexican gasoline.
> 
> The country missed the perfect opportunity to call it Fidelix, and if
> they wanted to be technically correct and give a bow to Stallman - the
> founder of the Free Software Foundation - they could have called it
> GNU/Fidelix. A forward thinking Cuban IT industry might have opted for
> Raulix as well. 
> -----

> LOL

Sorry, does that have any relevance to the matter of whether RMS is a
socialist?  It seems likely he is, but taking a trip to Havana is less
than convincing evidence.

> regards,
> alexander.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).