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In Reply to this Note From: <Ozan Yigit>
>In article <9101282011.AA20121@mole.ai.mit.edu> rms (Richard Stallman)
>writes about pacifists, murderers, hoarders, freedoms, etc.
>
>Do all prominent FSF/GNU personalities (you know who you are ;-) really
>agree with the claims and implications of this posting?
>
>Is there anyone amongst these personalities who don't agree, and/or find
>the said posting insulting/fallacious ?
>
>just curious.	oz
>

I do not know if I am a "prominent GNU personality", but here goes.

All criminal law is based on Richard's position.  If the government
were based on pacifism, there would be no punishment for crime.

I agree with this basic premise, but also believe that punishments
like incarceration should be reserved for extreme cases.  It is used
far too often, and much too ineffectively.

There are some innovative alternatives.  In one state, a first
offender on a DWI charge is required to announce that fact on a bumper
sticker.  I have heard that it is somewhat effective, due to the
embarrassment factor.  Prisons are simply too expensive as a first
resort.

Meanwhile, this argument started from a user complaining that he could
not afford to use GNU software, because it prevented him from hoarding
software.  Since the entire premise of the GNU project is based on
this intention, it looks like the system is working.  

That user has many alternatives to hoarding GNU products.  He can
distribute GNU utilities aggregated on the same disk as his product.
Also, when the GNU Library General Public License (or Gullible for
short :-) is finally published, he will be able to use GNU libraries
in his proprietary products.  -David-

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