Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Copyfree

[Yui Hirasawa]

Here is the other guy's message ungarbled.

Why would you ever use html in your emails?


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On 26/02/16 21:21, Richard Stallman wrote:
> They have identified the problem wrong.  The wrong in software is=20
> not copyright.  The wrong is proprietary software.
They are both wrongs.

> Copyright is one of several methods used to make software=20
> proprietary. But it is no better when they use other methods.
Software is one of several things that are made nonfree by copyright.
But it is no better when copyright makes other things nonfree.

> Copyright is also our only basis for shielding our software from=20
> being made proprietary through any of those methods.
If you were being attacked, and you bludgeon your assailant, to stay
them off you, you might argue that it was your only way of saving
yourself. This doesn't mean that bludgeoning people is good.

> They are like pacifists who say that weapons are the problem, and=20
> therefore advocate confronting a tyrant's invading armies only with
>  nonviolent protests.  Evil, no, but foolish, yes.
A non-violent resistance, against an enemy that is able to freely use
violence against you, is fruitless. This doesn't mean that weapons
isn't a problem. In the same way, using copyright against an enemy
that is able to take away your software freedoms using copyright,
might be more fruitful than not doing so. However, again, this doesn't
mean that copyright isn't bad.
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Alexander
alexander@plaimi.net
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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