From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 12 22:27:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 009B337B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:27:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA27079; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:26:57 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010312225325.0445c760@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:55:02 -0700 To: "David Schwartz" , "Terry Lambert" From: Brett Glass Subject: RE: Stallman stalls again Cc: "Mike Meyer" , In-Reply-To: References: <200103070148.SAA06002@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:00 PM 3/12/2001, David Schwartz wrote: > So if I write a story , I don't have the moral right to decide whether to >share it with others or not? Since I do in fact have that right, I'm curious >if you could cite the law that gives it to me. I'd reckon that it would be the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which grants you freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Oh, and depending on the circumstances, perhaps the Fifth Amendment. You also have rights under the Berne Convention, which the US has ratified. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message