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| DATE | 2002-11-04 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Gnu/Linux maintainers protecting MPAA, Jack Valent & co
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I read this thread, but it seemes to relate to Linux kernel hackers rather
than GNU Maintainers per say.
However, I found it to be both clever and childish what Sony has done, as well
as completely rephrensible. That obviously some engineering group or
individual at Sony no doubt chose to work on such a thing brings shame to the
whole engineering profession. Of course, I am reminded there were pleny of
people of education that should have known better also willing to work for
Hitler, for Stalin, etc...
What I find disturbing about this is the presumed right someone has construed
to knowingly damage my propery. I consider a running kernel to be personal
property, and certainly to have it or my machine messed with as a form of
assault. It is with this kind of mis-thinking that some companies had, for
example, considered it ethically plausable using worms and viruses as a means
of aggressive and punitive form of "copy protection", and I kid you not, for
I recall the first time this reared it's ugly head as a serious commercial
proposal was actually some 20 years ago by a company now long gone.
Incidently, this is a story I will have to tell about at another time...
Even if we accept the fundimally flawed and constitutionally INCORRECT idea
that there exists "intagible property", an idea so ethically abhorrent that
it constitutes intillectual slavery, we can find some very basic ideas that
still demonstrate why what Sony has done is rephrehnsible. Let us say I
steel a bike from someone. This is of course a real property and actual
property crime. Does this mean the owner has the additional right to smash
car winshield? To spray paint my walls? That seems to be the conclusion one
comes to by those that would do this.
The problem occurs when organizations do believe in the concept of intangible
property, and thereby believe their own corporate privileges are hence
greater than the real rights real human beings are given. Such organizations
tend to become institutionally corrupt, since they start from a fundimentally
corrupt premise. When one knowingly engages in ethically abhorrent behavior
in one area or respect, I am sure it becomes far too easy to accept the same
in other areas.
Since I am completely disgusted with this thread I think I will say no more
for now...
On Monday 04 November 2002 00:45, vin wrote:
> http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=471
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