!@!Re: !@!Re: [Upd-discuss] Did You Say "Intellectual Property"?It's a Seductive Mirage by Richard M. Stallman

[Michael Hart]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    I have just found that "exclusive rights" enables me to transform
>    discussions.  Even the behavior of those who continue to insist
>    on using the term "intellectual property" very quickly becomes
>    self-evidently spurious.

Richard M. Stallman "holds these truths to be self-evident" claiming
that any other take on the situation is "self-evidently spurious."

The trouble is that when people hold truths to be self-evident,
they usually can't step back far enough to explain themselves
to those who do NOT "hold these truths to be self-evident."

As you probably are aware, I have been encouraging Mr. Stallman
to do just that, to step back to take the position of writing
not to the choir, nor even to the congregation, but to those
out there who can make a difference by changing their minds
and the minds of those who run the world of copyright, and just
perhaps the rest of the world, as well.

At this juncture, I have finally decided not to wait any longer
on Mr. Stallman, as it has become somewhat evident itself that
he has no intention of ever responding to my encouragements in
anything other than a ridculingly self-evident manner as above,
and I have embarked on writing what I think he should have done.

Hopefully I will have something worthy of reading for you early
next week.


Michael S. Hart
Founder
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