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From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A suggestion for publicgeodata.org Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:25:35 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just arranged to link to publicgeodata.org, since I support the campaign. Thank you for launching it. But I would like to suggest a change in the text now visible on the home page. One of the news items says someone is unhappy with the "intellectual property" clauses. That term is propaganda, very effective propaganda, for the other side, so any use of it works against our side. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml for explanation of why. I was unable to view the PDF file this refers to; gv could not display it. You might want to convert it so everyone can actually view it. But I would guess that that document uses the term "intellectual property" itself. If it does, I think it is important to preface the document with an explanation of the bias and confusion in the term. Perhaps by making the link point to a small HTML page, which would explain this and then link to the document itself. It could also link to http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml. When documents that we oppose use the term "intellectual property", the confusion of that term usually relates directly to harmful or mistaken conclusions of the document. That might be the case here, and a couple of sentences of explanation of the relationship could help people understand what's wrong with the document, while it also helps them understand what's wrong with "intellectual property". Please consider this suggestion--I think it is important for long-term victory, in this and many related issues, to reject the bias and confusion that the term "intellectual property" spreads. It's not for nothing that our enemies like to use it! ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Benjamin Henrion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://bh.udev.org <<< INSPIRE Directive will close >>> <<< Public access to State-collected Geographic Data >>> <<< All over Europe >>> <<< http://publicgeodata.org >>> _______________________________________________ geo-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss
