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manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) writes:
> In article <2990@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth
> Jamieson) writes: 
> >	The purpose of the copyleft is to attempt to blackmail
> >programmers into a particular political view.
> 
> Indeed, the purpose of proprietary software licencing is to attempt to
> blackmail consumers into a particularly political view, namely that
> money more properly belongs in the vendor's, rather than the consumer's,
> pocket.

I see.  So presumably the purpose of charging money for food is to attempt
to blackmail consumers into a particular political view, namely that money
more properly belongs in the vendor's pocket.

Do you not believe in exchange of goods for money, then?


mathew

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