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| DATE | 2002-07-28 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Microsoft threatens to end Free Software.
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:44:44PM -0400, David Sugar wrote:
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> Never have I heard such a contemptable statement made in public. I still find
> it hard to believe anyone in any position of responsibility in any cival or
> private instution can believe the freedom of individuals to freely exchange
> information is something that should be extinguished. Many had fought and
> died for this nation to establish and maintain these very freedoms being so
> easily dismissed as incoveniencing the profit of some. Fair use is
> fundimentally about human civilization and our most basic rights and
> dignities as individuals, it is not just an abstract concept or theoretical
> legal construct, but at the very soul of who we are, as human beings, as a
> nation, as a society. These same freedoms and rights, long enjoyed in this
> nation, made it possible for those very same people to initially prosper, and
> now they wish to deny those oppertuntinities to others.
>
> To say I was upset and angry when I first read this is to put it mildy.
> Certainly as an American, I did sign up for a constitution that promised
> life, liberty, and the persuit of happyness as an equal oppertunity to us
> all. That is a constitution I can believe in and respect, and if nessisary
> die for to protect. I certainly recall seeing no ammendment declaring the
> right of certain businesses to maximize profits in perpetuaty at the expense
> of others. Perhaps there is some other constitution that such people believe
> in?
Your spelling is as inaccurate as Ruben's, but your ideas are also as accurate
as his.
- --
"The funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk."
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