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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/no-ip-ethos.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/no-ip-ethos.html index 4ab52e3..f826cac 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/no-ip-ethos.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/no-ip-ethos.html @@ -1,16 +1,22 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> - -<title>Don't Let ‘Intellectual Property’ Twist Your Ethos</title> - +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws noip" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> +<title>Don't Let “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/no-ip-ethos.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> + <h2>Don't Let “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</h2> - <h2>Don't Let ‘Intellectual Property’ Twist Your Ethos</h2> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> - <p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard M. - Stallman</a><br /> - June 09, 2006</p> +<p><i>June 09, 2006</i></p> <p>Most free software licenses are based on copyright law, and for good reason: Copyright law is much more uniform among @@ -26,10 +32,10 @@ <p>It's true that in countries like China, where copyright law is generally not enforced, we may also have trouble enforcing free software license agreements, as Heather Meeker suggests in her - recent LinuxInsider column, <a href= - "http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/50421.html">“Only in - America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software - Model”</a>.</p> + recent <cite>LinuxInsider</cite> column, “<a + href="https://linuxinsider.com/story/only-in-america-copyright-law-key-to-global-free-software-model-50421.html">Only + in America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software + Model</a>.”</p> <p>However, this is not a reason to press for more copyright enforcement in China. Although we would use it to protect @@ -38,17 +44,17 @@ away.</p> <p>Ironically, we might have more success enforcing copyright in - China than Microsoft, Disney and Sony — because what we would + China than Microsoft, Disney and Sony—because what we would want to do is easier.</p> <p>Disney wishes to stamp out semi-underground organizations that sell exact copies. With free software, regardless of precisely which free license is used, that kind of copying is legal. What we want to prevent, when the free software license is the - GNU <a href="/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a>, is the release of + GNU <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>, is the release of proprietary software products based on our code. That kind of abuse - is at its worst when carried out by large, well-known companies - — and they are easier targets for enforcement. So GPL + is at its worst when carried out by large, well-known companies—and + they are easier targets for enforcement. So GPL enforcement in China is not a lost cause, though it won't be easy.</p> @@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ material copyrighted in the U.S. by moving it through China, as she ought to know.</p> - <p>If someone violates the GNU GPL by distributing a non-free + <p>If someone violates the GNU GPL by distributing a nonfree modified version of GCC in the U.S., it won't make any difference if it was obtained or modified in China. U.S. copyright law will be enforced just the same.</p> @@ -67,8 +73,8 @@ <p>Although this error might seem to be the central point of Meeker's article, it is not. The real central point of the article is the perspective embodied in her use of the term - “intellectual property”. She uses this term pervasively - as though it refers to something coherent — something it makes + “intellectual property.” She uses this term pervasively + as though it refers to something coherent—something it makes sense to talk about and think about. If you believe that, you have accepted the article's hidden assumption.</p> @@ -94,9 +100,9 @@ mistakes.</p> <p>What is really in the U.S. Constitution? It doesn't mention - “intellectual property”, and it says nothing at all - about most of the laws that term is applied to. Only two of them — - copyright law and patent law — are treated there.</p> + “intellectual property,” and it says nothing at all + about most of the laws that term is applied to. Only two of + them—copyright law and patent law—are treated there.</p> <p>What does the Constitution say about them? What is its ethos? It is nothing like the “intellectual property ethos” @@ -106,15 +112,15 @@ <p>What the Constitution says is that copyright law and patent law are optional. They need not exist. It says that if they do exist, - their purpose is to provide a public benefit — to promote + their purpose is to provide a public benefit—to promote progress by providing artificial incentives.</p> <p>They are not rights that their holders are entitled to; they are artificial privileges that we might, or might not, want to hand out to encourage people to do what we find useful.</p> - <p>It's a wise policy. Too bad Congress — which has to carry - it out on our behalf — takes its orders from Hollywood and + <p>It's a wise policy. Too bad Congress—which has to carry + it out on our behalf—takes its orders from Hollywood and Microsoft instead of from us.</p> <p>If you appreciate the U.S. Constitution's wisdom, don't let @@ -126,11 +132,11 @@ have only one thing in common: Each is legitimate only as far as it serves the public interest. Your interest in your freedom is a part of the public interest that must be served.</p> +</div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> - <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -148,30 +154,47 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing 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 +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<!-- 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 4.0. 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