Re: Your old articles

Hi Dr. Stallman,

I apologise for the late response.

On Monday 04 Apr 2011 08:37:43 Richard Stallman wrote:
>     On a different note: if humanly possible, I'd like to conduct an online
>     interview with you regarding several questions I have in mind
> (including a . I will publish it here:
> 
> You already declined to make the two promises that I always request
> for an interview, so I said no.

Well, will you be able to share what these two promises that you request are, 
just for the record? Furthermore, if you are not going to give me an 
interview, will you be so kind as to reply to my original questions, namely:

[ Questions ]

In any case, in this thread on the Creative Commons mailing list:

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/2011-March/006049.html

We've been speculating about your opinion (and the FSF's official stance) 
about the licensing of non-software cultural/artistic/media works. As a 
result, I would be happy if you can answer the following questions, which I 
would like to share with the mailing list and possibly post them on one of my 
weblogs (with your permission).

Here goes:

1. I know you believe that non-free, public, software (which Joel Spolsky 
calls "shrinkwrap" software here - 
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html ) that is not free or 
even not entirely free, is illegitimate and immoral. However, do you believe 
that in an ideal world, such software should be illegal?

Alternatively, do you think the law should allow non-free software to be 
marketed (given some natural limitations on which restrictions would be held 
as legal and valid.) and protected, while still allowing competition from free 
software and naturaly advocacy against the use of non-free software?

2. Do you believe that one can prevent commercial use and commercial 
redistribution (i.e: mass selling for a profit) of their otherwise publicly 
available artwork? (Similar to the -nc variants of the Creative Commons 
licences.)

3. Do you believe that one can completely prevent derivative works of one's 
otherwise public artwork? (Similar to the -nd variants of the Creative Commons 
licences.).

4. In this Slashdot.org feature:

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/05/01/09/191257/

you were quoted as saying that:

[quote]
What is the future of free software development for games? Is it possible? 
Will the games ever equal or surpass their proprietary competitors? Why should 
we care? After thoroughly researching the free and open source software model, 
and interviewing both indie and free software game developers, author Matt 
Barton decided that the future is indeed very bright. Stallman is quoted here 
saying that game engines should be free, but approves of the notion that 
graphics, music, and stories could all be separate and treated differently 
(i.e., "Non-Free.")"
[/quote]

Can you confirm this?

[ / Questions ]

Finally, I should note that the second version of my "Human Hacking Field 
Guide" story, which includes the correct passage introducing you, is now alive 
at:

http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/human-hacking/#version_2

Thanks for the useful input. I'm also working on this, but it will take some 
time to finalise:

http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/foss-other-beasts/version-3/

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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