[Upd-discuss] Re: [Upd-board] "Development", "freedom", and UPD's objectives

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

>
> You've suggested that the UPD should try to work out a "balance"
> between these ideas before proceeding to do anything else.  That would
> mean putting our aims on hold until we solve the deepest problems of
> the philosophy of ethics.
>
> Those who would like to work on a general philosophy of ethics instead
> are of course welcome to do so.  But the UPD has a practical mission,
> to protect and enhance the public domain.  Let's not take a detour to
> theoretical problems that we probably can't solve.
>
>

I do agree with you and I would like to add that UPD has got no  
institutionnal power by itself. Thus, it looks much more effective to  
me to adopt very clear positions and to avoid balances. If we need to  
put a balance somwhere, that simply means that our argumentation on  
this point is still too complicated to be communicated. Rather than  
softening our point of view, I would prefer that we simply avoid  
discussions where we are in a strong positions like in the case of  
utilitarian analysis.


By the way, I am gonna attend WIKIMANIA where I will held several  
presentations and workshop on copyright, plus a very nice poster  
about the importance of PD (with Yann Forget).

Is anyone coming ?