What is a cypherpunk?

[James A. Donald]

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James A. Donald:
> > Corporate lawyers did not descend on Linux until there were 
> > enough wealthy linux users to see them in court, and send
> > in their own high priced lawyers to give them the drubbing
> > they deserved.

Eugen Leitl
> You're misinterpreting the events. Industry has so far been
> fighting with propagada only. Outside of FOSS IP wars are the
> rule.

What has happened so far is that "corporate lawyers" have lost,
and linux has won - that is to say, corporations using linux
have successfully defended their right to do so.  Compare with
what happens to tax evaders.

The state is your enemy.  The corporation is your friend.  It
was corporations that defended linux in court, and created
substantial parts of linux - for example a lot of linux was
written by IBM employees on IBM salary - presumably as an anti
microsoft measure.   Corporations deal with competition by
creating stuff, governments deal with competition by shooting
it.

The corporation is free and voluntary association.  The
alternative is state imposed association. 

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