Re: Enough! was [OS:N:] Another multiple response
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- "M. Fioretti" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 06:59:18 at 06:59:18AM -0700, James Michael > DuPont ([email protected]) wrote: > > > The proponents of IP on this list are interested in these > "rightless" > > people because they do not trust them, and because they can help > pay > > off thier morgages and buy luxary goods for thier children. But > there > > are other ways to do this without taking away student rights, like > > teaching them things. > > The discussions on this list in the last two days have been extremely > interesting, but I confess that I am a bit overloaded with them now, > am starting to confuse who said what, and need time to sleep and > reconsider what was said later, exactly because everybody, and I mean > everybody involved said something true and useful. > > Specifically, I recognize to J.M DuPont a lot of good will and > several > interesting ideas. > > Said this, I am really pissed off by the single remark I quoted > above. > > > I've been always speaking explicitly of giving control to the authors > to > guarantee an average living, not a Barbara Cartland or Wilbur Smith > manor (even if I find that the second deserved it for many of his > books). Not to defend Michael Jackson or Sony. Fighting a few > monopolies is OK, curbing the freedom of many more not rich, normal > people, is not. > > I find extremely impolite and short sighted to make any remark about > financial possibilities and habits of unknown people online, > especially the accusations that they are greedy or cheapskates > (PLEASE > do see the faq "hardware is so cheap today" of the project in my > signature, for which I wrote both paid and unpaid articles, and give > gratis as much time as I can, for an example of the second case). > Ok. I will stop. Good point. Sorry, it seems that my stupid remarks are distracting from the points that I am trying to make. I need to bite my tounge next time. mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>