Anyone else find it strange that Richard Stallman feels it is apparently unjust for Microsoft and others to publish software that users are not free to share and modify, but it is ok to publish an article which readers are not free to share and modify?
Just a thought. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > Reynolds-FM&T > Sent: 04 July 2008 11:51 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC E-mail: It's not the Gates, it's the bars > > Hadn't noticed the CC licence - now that is good > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Greaves > Sent: 04 July 2008 10:29 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC E-mail: It's not the Gates, it's the bars > > Fred Phillips wrote: > > On Fri Jul 4 08:39:26 2008, David wrote: > >> ** It's not the Gates, it's the bars ** Richard Stallman, > founder of > >> the Free Software Foundation, on the departure of Bill Gates. > >> < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm > > > > > Meh, doesn't really say anything new. It's good that free > software is > > getting some exposure from the likes of the BBC, even if it is a > > little hypocritical. > > True but look at the license for the article - how many > articles does the BBC News produce under a CC license? > > David > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
