On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Fyodor Vassiley<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks > > It seems to me that my recommendation is not welcome. I wish to add > that RMS want to legalize file sharing > > http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/03/13/let_free_music_files_ring/
Your suggestion didn't make sense to me when I read it. Why would organizing with the "Warez" community around patent-free formats be fruitful? Parts of that community may be receptive to such ideas, but their basis is to provide unauthorized copies of proprietary software. Clearly, they aren't swayed by the ethical issues of software freedom, since they spend their resources distributing proprietary software rather than promoting free software alternatives. I predict these groups are also a bit too opportunistic to be persuaded otherwise, since they only offer what people want rather than trying to sway popularity in a new direction. I don't spend my time looking to download blockbuster films or cracked proprietary software. If I am incorrect in my assumptions about these "Warez" folks, I'd be happy to be told otherwise. Although Stallman is on the record for supporting noncommercial sharing, I don't think by relation he advocates for the Warez groups. /a -- In general, we reserve the right to have a poor memory--the computer, however, is supposed to remember! Poor computer. -- Guy Lewis Steele Jr.
