DCT Jared Smith [mailto:jared@dctkc.com] wrote:
==snip==
> IMHO Bruce Perens is probably second only to Larry Wall in 
> his ability to be unterritorial about things other people like 
> to fight over. You may think that he's territorial in the way 
> he busted "Open Source" out from the "Free Software" movement, 
> but I'll say this, free software was a rumour and a myth until 
> he (and others) liberated it thusly.

But don't forget, that he went back to "Free Software" and 
abandoned "Open Source".  http://lwn.net/1999/0218/a/bp.html

And "Free Software" was very much alive before 1996.  I know I
had heard of it, and was using it as early as 1993.

> www.opensource.org
> 
> Bruce Perens seems to be the type of fellow who doesn't get 
> dragged into the "competition" mindset. 

And isn't afraid to change his mind.  (Again.)
 
> Just my opinion. As a writer, I really admire his work.
> -Jared

Hal Duston