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Story: Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
Posted by: Brent Roberts (Monday 10 January 2005, 11:46 PM)
There can be so such 'rights' which are under state control. The conceprt of a "right" peratins to action - specifically, to freedom of action. What doos the idea of "state controlled" rights imply? It means that the state may take away this freedom to action. One who has freedom of action at times, which may be revoked at any other time by the whim of the state, is acting by permission, not by right.
As far as what Gates' desired outcomes are, I cannot say, but neither can anyone else. I can note, however, that not once does he advocate the abolishion of open source in the present article.
It is true that open source can work with capitalism. But it is the protection of rights which allows licesses such as the GPL to propagate.
If a law preens people from benfiting form thier work, then it is violating their rights to dispose of their products and is therefore a violaion of rights. One who would call that IP 'rights' is perverting the concept of rights.
And stating that IBM makes money from open source strengthens my argument. I said open source needs the backing of companies to go somewhere. IBM is giving Linux tremendous credibilty and is a beneficial ally.
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The magic word "communism" always seems to be used... Arthur B. -
Are we suddenly back in the 1950s? Perhaps Mr... Chris Rankin -
I agree with Arthur B.
Mr Gates should read... Micheal H
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Gates is precisely correct: communism operat... Brent Roberts
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Confusion between IP rights and copyrigh... Steve B -
Brent Roberts is wrong.
"Gates is precis... Kevin Peacock
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There can be so such 'rights' which... Brent Roberts -
Brent. Sigh. Communism has not... Arthur B.
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If a requisite of "skills, kno... Brent Roberts
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Brent. I would like to recomme... Arthur B.
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An interesting debate Brent, b... Kevin Peacock
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Lets stick with the mousetrap... Brent Roberts
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A good reply Arthur.
Brent, I... Kevin Peacock
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Hi Brent, what OO version are you using... ricardo mardisich
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Ricardo – I'm using version 1.1.1.... Brent Roberts
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Oh bugger off, the world's a better place with win... samuel
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Samuel,
Replying to you in the same vein as y... Andy
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Not much ammunition left for Mr Gates.
I... Anonymous
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The world Mr Gates wants to see has far more in co... Kevin Peacock
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I see he's had to resort to name-calling again.
So... Steve J
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World is much worse off thanks to MS and IBM... Steve B
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I think that Gates is unwanted and unnee... NJ
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Kevin. Well said. Very well said.
B... Arthur B.
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"Its eyes ever set on the competition, Microsoft w... Ricardo Mardisich
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"the world... ricardo mardisich
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Ricardo, thanks for your comment. We wou... Matt Loney
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Beside the fact that this is nothing more than FUD... BURNAND Patrick
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I find Bill Gates comments on mesh networking inte... Andy Coney
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In a similar discussion on IP rights on a dif... Mark Jones
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