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

[Lars Aronsson]

Adam Moran wrote:
> I also believe that if a utilitarian oracle was given the narrow 
> choice between the present system and no copyright/patent/EULA 
> restrictions on software at all, it would favour the latter.

If oracles are involved, it's not utilitarian, but utopian.
Is that what "u" stands for in UPD?  Utopians who dream that 
everything should be forced into the Public Domain by abolishing 
copyright all together?  How can we get back down to Earth?


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