Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1277 gnu.misc.discuss:711 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!ogicse!emory!stiatl!meo From: meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Morals Message-ID: <8437@stiatl.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 90 18:51:01 GMT Organization: Roadkills-R-Us Lines: 22 In article <4877@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: |In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (With friends like these, who needs hallucinations) Meyer) writes: |> 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. | |No, it just means I'm feeding my ego. I like to hear back from people that |my stuff is being used and appreciated. ... |> You've provided examples. Want to answer the question? | |Give me some real examples or drop the question. Mike seems to be missing the distinction between imposing your will on someone and imposing your morals on someone. They may be related, but then again, they may not. The law, including copyright law, may or may not address the issue of morality in a given situation. -Miles (my wolf got away - I did hug my Cheetah)