[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       full-disclosure
Subject:    Re: [Full-disclosure] This is when piracy/theft become expression of freedom
From:       Valdis.Kletnieks () vt ! edu
Date:       2012-01-30 0:44:09
Message-ID: 98211.1327884249 () turing-police ! cc ! vt ! edu
[Download RAW message or body]

[Attachment #2 (multipart/signed)]


On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:18:59 EST, "Byron L. Sonne" said:

> I'm sure if the copyright lobby had their way, they'd require us to wear
> special glasses in order to see our laptop screens, on the assumption
> that anything not explicitly licensed was assumed to be unlicensed, and
> thus pirated, which we would be blocked from our field of view... and as
> a result, some girl/guy who wants to write a simple freeware text editor
> now has to jump through regulatory hoops and spend money to obtain a
> special registration that allows their text editor to display to the
> screen. This is a cheesy example, but I think it makes the point.

Stallman was about 15 years ahead of you: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

[Attachment #5 (application/pgp-signature)]

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]