Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 20:24:44 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <391E005C.2B57FE3@asme.org> References: <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130735370.20100-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <20000514010614.A16058@happy.checkpoint.com>
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Anatoly Vorobey wrote:
>
[huge SNIP]
>
> Stallman has never argued, AFAIK, for abolishing *material* property
> (which is actually *the* Communist idea; Communism as an ideology
> is rather indifferent to intellectual property and its special status);
> he has never argued against democracy, or capitalism, or free market,
> or any other Western capitalist ideal. He has argued against
> intellectual property, in particular its restrictions in software; and
> that is a radical and doubtable idea, but to claim it's Communist is
> to make a fool of oneself, IMHO.
>
Just wanted to make this clear: I don't claim that RMS is a communist.
It is clear, though, that a reasonable parallel between with his ideas
and communism can be drawn, and that nothing that he has said would
indicate that he is not a communist. Being a communist is not a crime
either.
cheers,
Pedro.
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