It's now illegal to turn on your computer

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 12/31/07, Vaughn Treude <vltreude at deru.com> wrote:

> I can't resist joining the fray!
>
> On the one hand, I've personally never produced anything of value that
> wasn't "intellectual" property.  On the other hand, a society that
> actually tried to _enforce_ the copyright laws as they stand would be
> totalitarian indeed.
>

  just to further clarify my stance here, although the linux world has
managed to create a world class OS...

  do you really think that the Open Source 'bazaar' form of
organization could create the theoretical basis behind eg. context
switching or IPC?  not a chance.  Not to insult anyone, but it was
quite an undertaking just to decide what CMS to use for the PLUG web
site.  So my concern is that if we choose to abandon IP altogether, we
may be abandoning progress.  My personal interests probably lie on the
left side of things, but I know that unless some kind of balance is
introduced to the debate, these issues will never see the light of
day.

  I guess at some level I wish for an IP system that actually works
for the common man, rather than the total abolition of it.

  -jmz