Am Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 schrieb Ciaran O'Riordan: > > Andreas Röhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Make the check against reality: What with the high > > ranking persons committing all this while making false > > claims against Iraq? > > And where are your examples of people in jail for violating the GPL? >
Great, good question, thanks! Well, unfortunatly, if FSF don't change the path we will see it with some probability. Yes, in a certain respect FSF already is engaged not only in imprisonment, but in killing. Shocking thesis, isn't? So, before outline this indeed sinister perspective or reality, let's try to calm down the spirit while having a look at this world we are living in. First of all: we didn't choose to live in as it is, so we can't be held truly reponsible. Making people responsible for things they can't change is one of the main crimes in modern times. In earlier times it seems it was more common not to judge people by their deeds, but by their intention. That looks wise for me. Reading the forword of the GPL--that's Richard Stallman who wrote that, I suspect--is always pleasant for me. That forword seems complete nonsense with respect to legal matter, but it's great. And it's purely intention. So I back the 4-freedom-philosophy wholeheartedly and that's why I'm writing here. Let's point out too: I'm not going to say GPL is bad (in the circumstances of reality). I'm saying: it could do better. So wherefrom that harsh statement at the beginning? Let's separate the items: 1) imprisonment 2) killing 1) In Germany not long time ago a mother has been sent to jail two weeks after her baby was born, which was taken from her. Her guilt? She used the tram without a ticket. That's nice Europe of today. Now imagine someone loses his case accused of GPL-violation and can't pay the court's fees or indemnities. That's fairly possible as his business, missing GPLed software then, might go bankrupt same time. Do you image a court, who sends a mother to prison for 10 or 20 Euro, will hesitate to send him for serveral thousand? 2) FSF is linked now with UNESCO. What is UNESCO? Part of the United Nations? No. United Nations don't exist. We have something like United Governments, backing war against Iraq and many other countries in the world. A very dubious, undemocratic organisation. Just the opposite to freedom. What the FSF, what freedom might gain from that messalliance?: Complicity. OK, take breath. Sounds heavy, but its just some exercise reflecting things we enjoy both. :) Andreas Röhler _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
