[svlug] Church of Linux?

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Dec 1, 2007 9:24 AM, John Mark Walker <johnmark at johnmark.org> wrote:
> Then call it the "Church of Free Software" - actually, weren't you
> starting that org at some point? At first, I thought such an idea was
> batshit crazy, but then I realized a couple of things:
>
> 1. free software is a way of living, perhaps not quite religion but it's
> pretty damn close
> 2. having a "church" provides a convenient conduit for organizing around
> political causes, ie. information rights, copyright reform, etc.

It's actually not that crazy.  Think about the tax benefits too!
Don't religious organizations pay nearly no taxes?  Our god could be
the GNU :-)
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."