On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
If you are going to build an analysis on the
notion of theft and law
enforcement, you also need to acknowledge that the concepts of "market"
and "market share" are also a part of western capitalist thought.
My aim is not to enforce western laws as an end in themselves, but I
have no compunctions about using those laws as a tool. Free licences can
also be viewed as tools for achieving free knowledge. If we really want
knowledge to be free we have to stop treating it as a market commodity.
Once it belongs to everybody it's no longer stealable.
Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding your position, I believe you and I
are
of the same mind here.
I agree.
Our disagreement on the use of the word "theft" is really a secondary
issue. I do think it's one of those loaded words that only serves to
ratchet up the rhetoric. "Infringement" is a much less inflammatory word.
Ec