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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fire.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fire.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6537d6c --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fire.html @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>Copyrighting fire! +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/fire.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Copyrighting fire!</h2> + +<p>I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his +cigarette. I suddenly realised that there was a demand here and money to be +made, and so I agreed to light his cigarette for 10 pence, but I didn't +actually give him a light, I sold him a license to burn his cigarette. My +fire-license restricted him from giving the light to anybody else, after all, +that fire was my property. He was drunk, and dismissing me as a loony, but +accepted my fire (and by implication the licence which governed its use) +anyway. Of course in a matter of minutes I noticed a friend of his asking him +for a light and to my outrage he gave his cigarette to his friend and pirated +my fire! I was furious, I started to make my way over to that side of the bar +but to my added horror his friend then started to light other people's +cigarettes left, right, and centre! Before long that whole side of the bar +was enjoying MY fire without paying me anything. Enraged I went from person +to person grabbing their cigarettes from their hands, throwing them to the +ground, and stamping on them.</p> + +<p>Strangely the door staff exhibited no respect for my property rights as they +threw me out the door.</p> + +<p>--Ian Clarke</p> +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to +<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. +There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> +the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent +to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> + +<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, + replace it with the translation of these two: + + We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality + translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. + Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard + to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> + <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> + + <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + our web pages, see <a + href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations + README</a>. --> +Please see the <a +href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +of this article.</p> +</div> + +<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to + files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should + be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this + without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. + Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the + document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the + document was modified, or published. + + If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. + Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying + years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable + year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including + being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). + + There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers + Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> + +<p>Copyright © 2014 Ian Clarke</p> + +<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is +permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p> + +<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> + +<p class="unprintable">Updated: +<!-- timestamp start --> +$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:00 $ +<!-- timestamp end --> +</p> +</div> +</div> +</body> +</html> |