Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:16:55 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <15024.6151.615093.266438@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010314170008.00d86960@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010314132512.04acb100@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost> <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311235053.00e26140@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> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010306174618.N32515@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311230800.00e19bd0@localhost> <15020.28993.192354.986367@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312223234.0445f3a0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314170008.00d86960@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 04:13 PM 3/14/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >I don't see him encouraging people to copy things illegally, I see him > >providing using less inflamatory language to describe it. > The original version of the essay was more strident about advocating > piracy. Richard toned it down after being warned that stongly urging > people to commit crimes was not a wise move. So, he began to exhort > people to "share" and "help your neighbor." Of course, these are > nothing more than code phrases for piracy, which Stallman actively > advocates in forums that he considers to be friendly to the idea. > Some other choice quotes: You didn't save a copy, did you? > "Note that the GNU Project recommends avoiding the term piracy since it > implies sharing copies is somehow illegitimate." > > "One basis for society is that of helping your neighbor -- but in the > software world this is piracy." > > Stallman believes that the end justifies the means. He will stop > at nothing, no matter how unethical, to hurt the fortunes of programmers > who seek to make money from their work. Claiming that those two quotes imply that Stallman advocates stealing is akin to claiming that publishers advocate capital punishment for software piracy because piracy is - or at least used to be - a capital crime. [Refusing to be by yet another irrelevant attack on RMS.] <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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