Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1278 gnu.misc.discuss:712 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ark1!ophiuchi!dsill From: dsill@ophiuchi.nswc.navy.mil (Dave Sill) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: <1990Jan4.195022.8998@relay.nswc.navy.mil> Date: 4 Jan 90 19:50:22 GMT References: <4877@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4859@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@relay.nswc.navy.mil (News) Reply-To: Dave Sill Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren VA Lines: 14 In article <4877@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > > Again, [my reasons for using copyright are] pure and simple > self-interest. Morality has nothing to do with it. Okay, then, so you're saying it's alright for you to impose your requirements for self-satisfaction, which involve boosting your ego and fattening your wallet, but it's not OK for RMS to impose his requirements for self-satisfaction, which involve morality? Sheesh, now it's clear. It's OK to be greedy, and altruism is evil. Dave Sill (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)