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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by vladd on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @02:16AM (#4663362)
Respect, karma, reputation, breaking the law - these topics can be related to this incident and discussed in an insightful and rational way.

Ethical? I remember what Linus Torvalds said: "ethics are to me something private. Whenever you use it as an argument for why somebody_else should do something, you're no longer being ethical, you're just being a sanctimonious dick-head."

( http://linuxfr.org/nodes/85904/comments/1230981 )

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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by gizzlon on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @03:36AM (#4663489)
Well, Linus is wrong. We all do this every day, and have written and unwritten rules to enforce it.

Just because he can code, doesn't mean he has reflected on other things..

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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by winter_blue on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:19AM (#4663578)
> Just because he can code, doesn't mean he has reflected on other things.

I absolutely agree with that sentiment.

I have seen Linus passing judgement on all sorts of things that have nothing to do with code in a very "sanctimonious" manner.

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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by gizzlon on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @08:30AM (#4664061)
yeah, and he's entitled to his opinion, of course. It's up to us as readers and listeners to determine if the opinions hold any merit.
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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by yarrel on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:21AM (#4663583)
Linus is telling other people it's wrong and they shouldn't do it.

There's a word for that kind of argument, but for the life of me...

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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by Sambdala on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @05:35AM (#4663744)
I prefer referring to it as a "Self-Detonating Statement."
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Re:How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup by coob on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:18AM (#4663577)
You shouldn't murder someone.

Oh sorry, please stop me from being a sanctimonious dick-head.

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