Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!otter.hpl.hp.com!hpltoad!cdollin!kers From: kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Message from Richard Stallman re: Hayes lawsuit, Patent Office RFC. Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 10:42:10 GMT References: <62464@siemens.siemens.com> Sender: news@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Usenet News Administrator) Followup-To: comp.misc Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK. Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: fwb@pollux.tmc.edu's message of 4 Jun 91 14:37:51 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: cdollin.hpl.hp.com Fred Brehm comments on a message from Richard Stallman [*1]: [Fred quotes RMS] >I think I can pinpoint the fallacy. The unstated premise in this >argument is that the "duty" to the owners is absolute and completely >overrides any other possible duties that an organization might have. [and says] Wow! You sure interpreted the quoted statement in an extreme way. That statement said nothing about balancing that duty with other duties. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Isn't that what it takes to be unstated? -- Regards, Kers. | "You're better off not dreaming of the things to come; Caravan: | Dreams are always ending far too soon."