LinuxPlanet: Stallman/Stanco: A Dialogue on Copyright Law and Free/Open Source Software (Part 5) | Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: Stallman/Stanco: A Dialogue on Copyright Law and Free/Open Source Software (Part 5)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2000

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

“This is the fifth day of an email dialogue with Richard
Stallman on the philosophy of copyright that will be published over
nine days on LinuxPlanet. This dialogue arose from comments that
RMS was kind enough to give me on a two-part article on software
licensing that appeared on LinuxProgramming recently.”

“[Stanco]: >Who cares if the majority of lawyers have the
interpretation of the
>history of the Constitutional
copyright issue wrong?

[Stallman]:

Anyone reading about our so-called “radical” views will find
it interesting to know that the US legal tradition supports our
views more than the establishment wants to admit.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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