Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1265 gnu.misc.discuss:696 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Under Construction) Meyer) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 89 23:02:57 GMT References: <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4823@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4852@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 30 In-reply-to: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com's message of 29 Dec 89 18:22:34 GMT >> > Why are his attempts to use the force of the state to impose his >> > morals on others any more dispicable than your attempts to do the >> > same? >> >> My attempts? Cite examples. Make sure they apply to me, and they're >> really attempts to impose my morals rather than gain just compensation >> for my work. Anytime you distribute software with _any_ restrictions on use or distribution, you're "using the force of the state to impose your morals". Almost all the stuff I've seen from you for the Amiga qualifies as such. Why you're using copyright laws for such restrictions is immaterial. Likewise, whether you or I consider those restrictions reasonable is also immaterial. What matters is that you're using the force of the state to cause others to behave as you wish, whether they consider it moral or not. I repeat - why is rms doing this any more despicable than your doing this?