From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 6 6: 9:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from femail17.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail17.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB8C37B719 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vcardona@home.com) Received: from marx.marvic.chum ([24.17.229.11]) by femail17.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20010306140926.FJZE29411.femail17.sdc1.sfba.home.com@marx.marvic.chum> for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:09:26 -0800 Received: (from vcardona@localhost) by marx.marvic.chum (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id f26EAPb22188 for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:10:25 -0600 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:10:25 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > "Fair use" has always been a compromise. > > --Brett It won't be for long if copyright owners have their way. Furthermore, copyrights and patents exist to promote the sciences and arts. "Fair use" serves as a mechanism for doing just that. The sciences and arts cannot be promoted, and development cannot occur if information is guarded to closely. "Fair use" merely provides controlled access to information which would otherwise be proprietary throughout its useful lifetime. I understand why you think it is a compromise. However, "fair use" is only a compromise if you look at it from a copyright owner's point of view. - v -- Victor R. Cardona vcardona@home.com "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message