Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1227 gnu.misc.discuss:656 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: <4818@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 23 Dec 89 18:33:54 GMT References: <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4804@sugar.hackercorp.com> <~1''Y&@rpi.edu> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 18 In article <~1''Y&@rpi.edu> tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes: > 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. I agree here. Look-n-feel is bogus. > He has not attempted to get any legislation enacted, merely protested > the likes of look and feel suits. Why do you keep bringing up this straw man? I have never said that RMS has tried to get any legislation enacted. He's worked within existing legislation to achieve his ends. See also paragraph 2b of the GPL. -- Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva `-_-' 'U` "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on tape somewhere"