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Date:      Tue, 06 Mar 2001 01:11:40 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au>
Cc:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Stallman stalls again
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103060559150.18369-100000@student.uq.edu.au >
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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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