[Foundation-l] Re-licensing
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Sun Feb 1 08:28:21 UTC 2009
Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Where do you think laws come from? Do you think they appear from
> nowhere? They are created by politicians (and sometimes judges) based
> on moral values. Those moral values imply certain moral rights whether
> they are written down in statute (or case law) or not.
>
>
From politicians, Yes. But more as matters of expediency, lobbying, and
helping one's friends. I would avoid making a general imputation of
motives based in moral values to politicians.
Ec
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