[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

[Dan Rosenthal]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> 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.
>
> Ec
>
>
Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding your position, I believe you and I are
of the same mind here.

-- 
Dan Rosenthal