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Re: Microsoft spreads Linux FUD
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:07:10 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm^Spamcake^.org
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> In a way, IP and Open Source right now are competing in a marketplace of
> ideas! (and you KNOW I like that...) Innovative people can make their choice
> of what to do, go OS, or go IP. I'd like to keep it that way (that is, don't
> BAN IP, just see if it withers away), if OS wins out fair and square, great.
I'm more concerned about things going the other way -- IP laws, especially
software patents, but also bans on reverse engineering (as with DeCSS),
being extended to the point where open source can't reasonably compete.
The situation with DeCSS is in fact a great example. The weak
content-control system was broken, and instead of trying to cope by trying
to provide a better product in some way, it's all about legislation. (The
"piracy" argument is a sham. It's completely possible to copy DVDs without
removing CSS.)
> Time will tell in the OS/IP competition. Ain't it great?
I certainly hope that's the case.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/
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| (...) We had some of this debate before... I'm not sure what I think, exactly. Open Source clearly works and delivers good things but there has to be an incentive of some sort to cause clever people to do clever things. Whether IP is the best way, I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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