Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1181 gnu.misc.discuss:603 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!tale From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: <~1''Y&@rpi.edu> Date: 20 Dec 89 21:45:41 GMT References: <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4804@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 15 > No sir, it's RMS that's trying to take away our rights. Intellectual property > rights are just as real as any other. This is very much a sticky issue. His only legal position regarding rights is with regard to whether he should be allowed to programme things which look like something someone else has already programmed. It is just as easy to say that the people who would not allow him the freedom to do that and distribute the results are taking away his rights. He has not attempted to get any legislation enacted, merely protested the likes of look and feel suits. Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@cs.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))