Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1271 gnu.misc.discuss:705 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 (With friends like these, who needs hallucinations) Meyer) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 90 21:03:39 GMT References: <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4859@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 29 In-reply-to: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com's message of 30 Dec 89 19:13:38 GMT >> Come on. Cite examples. Show me where I'm trying to impose my morals on >> anyone. From the very same posting: >> All my copyright notices explicitly state that you can use my stuff >> for anything you want, so long as you give me credit for it. You're requiring that someone give you credit for your work. That sure looks like you're imposing your morals (in this case, that creators recieve credit for their work) on others. >> The two exceptions are Browser, which is shareware, and Tracers, which >> is commercial. And here's two other cases; one in which you require that they not give their tools to their friends. > I repeat - why is rms doing this any more despicable than your doing > this? You've provided examples. Want to answer the question?