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Article #1693Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: Louis B. Moore
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
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huug <rot13{znvy4zr@uhht.qrzba.ay}> writes:
> >>>>> "Jason" == Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> Jason> In article <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de>, Klaus Schilling
> Jason> <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> writes
>
> >> Intellectual Property is theft from the collective mind, thus
> >> downright evil.
>
> Jason> Oh dear. We appear to have a 'New Age Hippy' among us. Justify
>
> What's new about it? P.J.Proudhon wrote "Property is theft" in 1840.
Well, if you consider intellectual property to be social capital, then
society as a whole is impoverished to the extent that the individual
is enriched. I suppose that can be considered theft.
Copyright attempts to find a balance between the individual and society.
Personally, I feel when a natural person holds a copyright for a few years
it is a better balance point than when a corporation holds a copyright
for several decades. Unfortunately, the corporations are quickly moving
to ensure that all IP is owned by some corporation and milked for as
long as possible.
Louis
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public From: moore.louis@childrens.tchden.org (Louis B. Moore) Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/29 Message-ID: <yq3emsuiqpf.fsf@nasrullah.tchden.org> X-Deja-AN: 396114003 Sender: is001652@nasrullah.tchden.org References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <6tv4h8$24u$7@blue.hex.net> <6tvcur$ken$6@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn706f8l.qlf.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn708sck.3oh.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70amsk.6c3.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70b6md.33f.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de> <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de> <kbCveHAOyWD2EwdN@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <huug4stqc18p.fsf@huug.demon.nl> Organization: The Children's Hospital of Denver Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss