Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : Scott Moore Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 06:39 pm David Golden wrote: Some of the quotes in the articles you posted are priceless: "The past year was the worst year in Africa in the history of the AIDS crisis... The hands of the Intellectual Property rulers are soaked in the blood of these people." "Microsoft, for example, has accumulated massive amounts of power because people have been prevented by the law from freely sharing ideas and software.. The rich are reaping monopoly profits, while the poor are paying monopoly prices for everything." Yes, I see, those poor computer owners are certainly getting screwed. "Any ideas which are created as intellectual property become inherently less valuable, less useful to society" "The Internet and file-sharing have finally brought some sense and efficiency to the distribution of ideas. The Intellectual Property Regime hates this." "Where are the harms of Intellectual Slavery most apparent? It is easy to see. Go to the poorest parts of any country. Any country rich or poor, from the United States, to South Africa. You will see the harms of Intellectual Slavery then. You will see how Intellectual Monopoly becomes Intellectual Slavery. As Louise Szente from South Africa put it: "Woe is the life of the modern day student living in 'Darkest Africa' for obviously we are still being kept in the slave quarters of the world. Harsh words? My friends, try and live in a society where such Acts as the Intellectual Property Acts of the world impedes your advancement in life." My god, surely we need to send our computer programs to deepest darkest Africa! Its all clear now! You gotta love that "my friends" touch. "By the United States' efforts to crack down on Intellectual Freedom in China, their unfree Communist state is surviving longer" "Allowing copyrights and patents creates monopoly prices for music, further economically enslaving Americans" Darned enslaved americans can't get Britney Spears! The horror! You are a funny guy, Dave. I wish I had time to read more of it. .