On 10/21/07, William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
Anthony wrote:
>> Of course what I meant is that actually forcing them to do so would
be
equivalent to robbery.
Well, I said they should be forced to make their work free content
only if it can be done legally, which would make it quite distinct
from robbery, which is illegal.
I find it interesting though that'd you'd equate enforcement of
trademark law to robbery.
There is legal and there is right, and you shouldn't confuse the two.
I think I've been incredibly careful during this discussion in
distinguishing between the two. In my opinion it's always right to
force someone to release their work under a free license. Only some
of the time it's legal, though.
Whoa.. that is in no way right. People shouldn't have to release something
they spent time and effort on for free.