Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

On 12/15/08 09:47, Jeremy (mailing list box) wrote:
[snip]
>
> I've made such assertion. I've asserted that the copyright system is
> broken, that patch writers should have the rights to code they wrote and
> that the GPL exploits the current copyright system,

Exploit connotes sneakily using a loophole in the law.

> a system that the
> FSF supposedly claims they don't like.

There are problems with it, specifically the DMCA and basically-
infinite lengths of copyright, but copyrights and patents *are*
important.

Besides, even though you may not like certain laws, you still follow
them anyway, while working to change them, because that's how civil
societies survive.

>> I think that they like it just fine. It let them do what they wanted
>> to do. It
>> seems that you are the one upset about it, not them.
>
> That's not what Mark said... And that isn't what their whole copyleft
> schtick seems to indicate.

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What different abilities do I have?
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