On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:13:59 -0400 Al Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[alt.comp.freeware dropped] > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:53:19 +0200, Stefaan A Eeckels > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >But unless you talk about a box in a shop, software isn't "any > >product in commerce". > > It's *A* product in commerce. Whether the method of transport is the > postal service, your arm reaching for a box on the shelf or a download > is irrelevant to the fact that it's a product in commerce. Software is -recognised by the fact that it's covered by copyright- a means of expression. Free software is like free speech, and a product that happens to be software is like a newspaper that happens to be speech. The fact that one can read a newspaper electronically doesn't change the fact that it's the newspaper that is the product, not the speech. -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- "One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity there ain't nothing can beat teamwork." -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
