Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : David Golden
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 01:10 am

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> in order to
> support a particular view regarding that sphere

Again, the quote would still be relevant without attribution.
However, if I _hadn't_ attributed it, I'd bet you'd now be berating me
for the hypocrisy of failing to attribute it, particularly since you
know its origin.

The quote was a summary of a true motive, possibly the only true motive,
in restricting and controlling information flow. Control: power over
others.  I"P" is just one more means to that end.  Hence one of the
earlier Heinlein quotes:

"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be
controlled and those who have no such desire."

> I'm not surprised.  You HATE creative authors.  One can scent it on
> every word you write.

I would need to hate myself and my family. I don't.  

Some people think they should be able to restrict information usage or
flow post-disclosure (a set not at all 1:1 with creative authors), but
hey, I don't even hate them.  They are an inconvenience at most,
perhaps in many cases they even merit some pity and compassion, just as
a child raised by white supremacists cannot realistically be held
wholly personally responsible for his racism.

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