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Lawrence Lessig -- attacking darl's 12/4 open letter
by ryan is the supernicety at 9:12 am EST, Dec 5, 2003 |
] But the key move in the McBride-FUD is his claim that
] proponents of free software and open source software are
] somehow against copyright.
]
] He claims that "GPL is exactly opposite in its effect
] from the 'copyright' laws adopted by the US Congress and
] the European Union"; that "Red Hat has aggressively
] lobbied Congress to eliminate software patents and
] copyrights"; that "the issue is clear: do you support
] copyrights and ownership of intellectual property as
] envisioned by our elected officials in Congress and the
] European Union, or do you support "free" - as in free
] from ownership - intellectual property envisioned by the
] Free Software Foundation, Red Hat and others?"; that "SCO
] argues that the authority of Congress under the U.S.
] Constitution to "promote the Progress of Science and the
] useful arts" inherently includes a profit motive, and
] that protection for this profit motive includes a
] Constitutional dimension"; and that "We believe that the
] "progress of science" is best advanced by vigorously
] protecting the right of authors and inventors to earn a
] profit from their work."
]
] Let's take each of these claims in turn: Read on. Larry Lessig sure knows how to throw down. |
Lawrence Lessig -- attacking darl's 12/4 open letter
by bucy at 11:27 am EST, Dec 5, 2003 |
] But the key move in the McBride-FUD is his claim that
] proponents of free software and open source software are
] somehow against copyright.
]
] He claims that "GPL is exactly opposite in its effect
] from the 'copyright' laws adopted by the US Congress and
] the European Union"; that "Red Hat has aggressively
] lobbied Congress to eliminate software patents and
] copyrights"; that "the issue is clear: do you support
] copyrights and ownership of intellectual property as
] envisioned by our elected officials in Congress and the
] European Union, or do you support "free" - as in free
] from ownership - intellectual property envisioned by the
] Free Software Foundation, Red Hat and others?"; that "SCO
] argues that the authority of Congress under the U.S.
] Constitution to "promote the Progress of Science and the
] useful arts" inherently includes a profit motive, and
] that protection for this profit motive includes a
] Constitutional dimension"; and that "We believe that the
] "progress of science" is best advanced by vigorously
] protecting the right of authors and inventors to earn a
] profit from their work."
]
] Let's take each of these claims in turn: |
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