Rant on BSD vs GPL was [Good ol' BSD vs. GPL]
Juan
juan.g71 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 11:22:35 PST 2015
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:07:05 -0700
Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
> > https://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html
>
> Stallman opines therein:
>
> | Above all, we need a state in order to have democracy, which
> | is the system by which the many non-rich [aka beta, weak,
> | clueless, stupid, etc] join together to overcome the power
> | of the rich [aka alpha, powerful, skilled, smart, etc] and
> | thus deny them control over society.
>
> I agree, but only provisionally, and only if the alphas don't control
> the state. However, alphas typically do end up controlling the state,
> and that's the fatal defect.
Yep.
You quoted and refuted (a part of) Stallman's more general
theory.
What first caught my attention though was that somebody who's
allegedly concerned with freedom, is an advocate of, among other
things, public education and 'national' 'defense'.
Also, all the rest of 'free' socialist programs he favors
require high levels of taxation. But of course, robbery is
freedom.
> What's needed long term is conversion of
> betas into gammas. With enough gammas, the state will arguably wither
> away. But I'll be dead long before then, so I focus on the process.
>
> > When I first read it I missed this line
> >
> > "Copyright (c) 2013 Richard Stallman Verbatim copying and
> > redistribution of this entire page are permitted provided
> > this notice is preserved. "
> >
> > LMAO! unintentional self-parody at its best.
>
> No, he's just saying that he'll track you down and kick your ass if
> you fuck with his shit. There's no state required for that ;)
Well, the copyright notice looks like a US government copyright
notice. But that's not what I was getting at anyway.
The thing is, as Rysiek pointed out, Stallman's position
doesn't seem fully consistent.
And Mirimir, you've just violated Stallman's copyright! It says
"verbatim copying" but you added a comment of your own inside
Stallman's text. Brace yourself!
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