Re: [OS:N:] Another multiple response
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- Johnnie Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 18:16, Les Bell wrote: > > But I will *never* claim that I have any right to your work. To do > so would > > demean us both. And your right to earn your living - to put food on > the > > table - *must* take precedence over any desire I might have to get > the > > benefit of what you do. At base, nobody *needs* software - at > least, not in > > the same way we need air, or water - so I really cannot see how one > can > > posit a right to it. > Les you are entirely right. I take the meaning of this list to > promote > the use of open source software and to prevent stupid laws from > making > the open source concept illegal. This is not a list to not support > IP > as a right but to ensure it is not the only way. I may ask, what is the difference between a law and a contract? I think we also need to attack stupid contracts that are common that preclude the ability to use free and "open source" software. 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>