Extremes? Cluelessness is more like it... On Jan 22, 2008 1:27 PM, William Attwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like we're enjoying all types of extremes today, aren't we? Shall we > take it a step further, saying you shouldn't be allowed to do anything since > it's building on someone else's ideas? Should we ban our society building > blocks and have everyone start from scratch? I'm sure everyone inventing > the wheel and finding fire would be a great use of time. > > Let us jump back to software, and avoid morals and ethics; both of which are > relative. > > Where's the first thread? I do believe I deleted it. ;) > > -Will > > > On Jan 22, 2008 1:12 PM, Mister E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Stuart Jansen wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 12:18 -0700, Jason Edwards wrote: > > >> For me, closed-source software is morally wrong because it's built on > > >> top of other people's ideas. > > > > > > Just like making a living writing books is morally wrong because there > > > are only seven stories[1] and photocopiers fundamentally alter the > > > economics of publishing. Just like making a living writing music is > > > morally wrong because it's just a rearrangement of previously discovered > > > musical notes. Just liking licensing your software under the GPL is > > > morally wrong because copyright is morally wrong and the GPL depends on > > > copyright. > > > > > > > sounds like a bunch of academic mumbo jumbo from pocketbook > > philosophers. By the same concepts expressed in this thread, it's > > morally wrong to debate the subject because it's using thoughts already > > expressed in some form or another by other people.. It's morally wrong > > to communicate such mumbo jumbo using communication methods previously > > discovered :) > > > > Mister Ed > > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
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