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tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel) writes:

>In article <9012191600.AA26159@wubios.wustl.edu>,
>david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes: 
>|> The FSF would like to eliminate the copyright law, 
>
>As I understand it, this is false,

It is true, read the GNU manifesto.

>and it would be a bad idea anyway.

I don't intend to go over the pros and cons in detail, but I would
suggest that your read the manifiesto to see the other side of
the argument.

>Members of the FSF and LPF are against patents on
>algorithms, as well as user interface patents and copyrights.

This is the LPF position (all of it) it is only a subset
of the FSF position.

>In fact, in the absence of copyrights, FSF itself could not prevent
>commercial exploitation of GNU software.

In the ascence of copyrights the GNU software could be taken back from
the commercial arena at any time. RMS and the FSF would _love_ to
see the copyright law repealed tomorrow: it would give them more time
to hack, safe in the knowledge that they did not have to waste a whole
lot of time on political issues.

Major

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