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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/rms-comment-longs-article.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/rms-comment-longs-article.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42117f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/rms-comment-longs-article.html @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>Comments on Roderick Long's Article +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/rms-comment-longs-article.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Comments on Roderick Long's Article</h2> + +<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard Stallman</strong></a></p> + +<blockquote><p> +Roderick Long's article can be found +<a href="http://freenation.org/a/f31l1.html">at this address</a>. +</p></blockquote> + +<blockquote><p> +The ideas of the free software movement are compatible with +social-democratic (US liberal) views and with laissez-faire (US +libertarian) views. +</p></blockquote> + +<p>Free software is a matter of freedom. From our point of view, +precisely which legal mechanism<sup><a href="#footnote">*</a></sup> +is used to deny software users their +freedom is just an implementation detail. Whether it is done with +copyright, with contracts, or in some other way, it is wrong to deny +the public the freedoms necessary to form a community and cooperate. +This is why it is inaccurate to understand the Free Software Movement +as specifically a matter of opposition to copyright on software. It +is both more and less than that.</p> + +<p>However, you will often hear people of right-wing ideological +persuasion argue in vague way that some general moral principle of +property rights compels us to cede our freedom to a system of +copyright, regardless of how this affects our way of life. The +right-wing Libertarian counterargument, coming as it does from a group that +regards property rights as the highest moral principle, is useful as a +refutation. It shows that even if you adore property rights for +physical objects, you are not compelled to accept copyright.</p> + +<p><sup id="footnote">* = Or technical mechanism, such as withholding the +source code, or +<a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">tivoization</a>.</sup></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 4.0. 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 © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2019 +Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> + +<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative +Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> + +<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> + +<p class="unprintable">Updated: +<!-- timestamp start --> +$Date: 2019/08/03 14:55:12 $ +<!-- timestamp end --> +</p> +</div> +</div> +</body> +</html> |