public domain question
Rob Myers
robmyers at mac.com
Tue Feb 1 15:45:14 EST 2005
On 1 Feb 2005, at 18:29, Greg London wrote:
> Unless someone can point to a logical fallacy in one of
> those four steps, the argument stands.
You are arguing that guaranteeing free speech is a form of censorship.
The first amendment is *not* non-free because it doesn't allow you to
censor views that you don't agree with. Censorship is a form of
expression! Yet it is limited to ensure that expression is not limited.
Censorship is also a way of making opinions proprietary. Copyright is a
form of censorship considered in these terms (a limit on the free
distribution of speech), one designed as a deal with the devil to
ensure freedom of speech by limiting it.
Basically, I stand by my point that the freedom to express yourself in
one sphere (code) should not necessarily be conflated with the freedom
to "express" yourself in another (business).
- Rob.
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