Hi there, Dnia piątek, 9 stycznia 2015 21:09:56 Juan pisze:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:56:21 +0100
rysiek <rysiek@hackerspace.pl> wrote:
While I admire RMS for his free software work, I have my own differences with him. For example his stance on Creative Commons -ND provision: http://onpon4.github.io/other/fsf-no-derivatives/ http://rys.io/en/101
I read your critique.
For the record, the first link is not mine.
Yet another instance of Stallman's lack of consistency.
I find him very consistent as long as we stay in the software ballpark; as soon as we leave it, especially if we venture into other copyrighted works territory, there are things that indeed seem inconsistent. Can't really blame him, I guess; no single person is able to grasp all the intricacies involved. And I'm sure that it would be possible to convince him, after a long and extensive enough discussion. Or maybe he would convince me, who's to say who's right here?
What I found slightly interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that one of Stallman's basic arguments for free software is that individuals have the right to use their hardware however they wish, but running propietary software means that somebody else is controlling or 'owning' their hardware.
I would say: that individuals should have the right to use their *tools* however they like, including fixing them, modifying them and helping their neighbours by lending them.
That is a rather libertarian/propertarian argument.
Well, as far as I read it, it's not about *ownership*, but rather *control*. But I guess to some extent you can't have one without the other. -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147