21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
3:12 p.m.
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com>om>:
<sarcasm>
You're absolutely correct! Let's get rid of copyright law
especially since the evil GPL is based on it. Also, any song you write
I'll be glad to take and exploit for money without giving you any of the
money or attributing the song to you. Good idea, how long did it take
you to come up with this?
</sarcasm>
--
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
The Fuzzy Dice
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html
"As we enjoy great advantages from the invention of others, we should be
glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and
this we should do freely and generously."
Benjamin Franklin, on declining patents offered by the governor of
Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744
How can we expect people to abide by the GPL if
we don't respect
their licensing terms? Stealing proprietary software is exactly as
immoral as proprietary vendors ripping off GPL'ed code.
While you do have a point, I can't agree with this.
In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
their freedom.
Copyright, on the other hand, is an arbitrary monopoly instituted by
the state.