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From: rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Re^2: New Communicational Morality
Summary: THE SOFTWARE CONSERVANCY
Keywords: software, copyright, society
Message-ID: <10212@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 89 03:03:17 GMT
References: <754@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> <3687@ficc.uu.net> <985@quintus.UUCP>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <985@quintus.UUCP>, ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
> Even with material property, the value isn't always in _having_ the
> thing but is sometimes in _controlling_ it.  Some conservation societies,
> for example, buy land which would otherwise have been put to unwise use.
> The value to them of their ownership is not in being able to do things
> with the land, but in being able to _prevent_ certain things being done.

What a magnificent idea!

		   THE SOFTWARE CONSERVANCY

Monies donated to the Conservancy could be used to protect certain
software from use by the public (and by symmetry, the public from use of
such software).  Which software?  The mind boggles!  MSDOS, of course.
All editors, except your favorite?  All ``ls'' options, except those you
use?  Jerry Pournelle?  and whatever deep dark desires.........

John Rupley
rupley!local@megaron.arizona.edu