Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:04:13 +1000 (GMT+1000) From: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> 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 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103060559150.18369-100000@student.uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost>
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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". That sounds like balance to me. Read the whole essay, it may help you refine your opinion on this "balance" thing. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > Because we have war rather than balance. And those on one side, having > money, have been able to get ahead in the "tug of war" by buying > politicians. Again, we see escalation rather than a beneficial > compromise. I recommend Lawrence Lessig's book "Code," which discusses > this issue, and also the new book by David Farber's wife. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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