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

[Seth Johnson]

Stallman was quoting me.

Here (not the part you selected, which is a quote from me), he
has provisionally granted that there might be a benefit to the
use of the term "exclusive rights," in consideration of my
explanation.


Seth


Michael Hart wrote:
> 
> 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
> Project Gutenberg
> 
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