Re: [OS:N:] Does "Intellectual Property" beg the question?

After watching "Revolution: OS"
I thought it funny that Richard Stallman insisted that Linux should be called 
"GNU/Linux". Which brings up the point. No matter if you get paid or not for 
your work, people should be allowed to know whom actually the perveyor of the 
idea/product was.

Jay
>
> Paul D. Fernhout wrote:
> > Richard Stallman essentially makes the point that the phrase
> > "Intellectual Property" is a marketing term to beg the question of how
> > patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and a few other things
> > should be treated. If you use that term, then it is unfortunately a
> > no-brainer to assume "Intellectual Property" should be treated as
> > property as opposed to something else. The cause of freedom is generally
> > not served by using that term to discuss seperate items which are
> > treated seperately by the law. See:
> >   http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
> >

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