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From: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>,
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	David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again
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I suggest you read the essay again.

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 01:04 PM 3/5/2001, Trent Waddington wrote:
>
> >fine.  Let's say I buy you're theory of "balance", here's an essay by RMS
> >calling for a new copyright proposal.  Not for the outright abolishment of
> >copyright, just simply for a new "copyright deal".
>
> Not true at all. In that essay, Stallman says that if users want to do
> ANYTHING that is prohibited by copyright laws, the prohiibition should
> be removed. This would amount to abolishing copyright altogether, which
> is what Stallman has always stated that he wants.
>
> This is no compromise. It is the equivalent of saying, "Sure, we'll
> compromise, and here are our terms: unconditional surrender."
>
> This is "compromise" a la Yasser Arafat.
>
> --Brett
>
>


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