From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 14 15:14: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89B1137B718 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:13:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 26038 invoked by uid 100); 14 Mar 2001 23:13:57 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15023.64309.798752.556764@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:13:57 -0600 To: Brett Glass Cc: Mike Meyer , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010314132512.04acb100@localhost> References: <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> <4.3.2.7.2.20010314132512.04acb100@localhost> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass types: > At 07:25 AM 3/14/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >I think you're simply being inflamatory again, but will give you a > >chance to prove it. Can you provide a pointer to an RMS paper where he > >encourages people to steal, > > Sure! Right from the horse's mouth: > > "Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as "piracy." In this > way, they imply that illegal copying is ethically equivalent to > attacking ships on the high seas, kidnaping and murdering the people > on them. > > If you don't believe that illegal copying is just like kidnaping and > murder, you might prefer not to use the word "piracy" to describe it. > Neutral terms such as "prohibited copying" or "unauthorized copying" > are available for use instead. Some of us might even prefer to use a > positive term such as "sharing information with your neighbor." > > Richard Stallman > > There are other examples, too, but this was the one that was within > easy reach. I don't see him encouraging people to copy things illegally, I see him providing using less inflamatory language to describe it. Try again. 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