Re: "fundamental flaws" in open-source community?
From: Joe Breher (spamblock_at_q-music.com)
Date: 08/28/03
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:24:13 -0600
Tobias Brox wrote:
>>>The second point is that in any civilized country, there will never be
>>>any razzias into the homes of private persons or into companies just
>>>to check if all their software is legal. And even if the authorities
>>>should "catch" somebody using open source programs that are in
>>>violation with the local law or with some copyrights, there should be
>>>no punishment unless the "victim" knows or should have known that the
>>>program was illegal.
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>>Are you saying in any civilized country, it's OK for private persons
>>or companies to steal just because authorities won't bother to catch
>>them, or because there should be no punishment?
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> No. What I'm saying is that only in dictatorships people are harassed
> by the police doing arbritrary razzias, and only in dictatorships
> people are beeing punished for things they didn't have any chance
> knowing was illegal in the first place.
Even here in 'the land of the free, home of the brave', we have
arbitrary 'DUI check' stops, and people routinely go to jail for things
that they have no way of knowing were illegal (can you quote the entire
USC?).
Are you saying that the USA is a dictatorship?
Joe
Liberty in my Lifetime!
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