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Stallman</i></a>.</li> + + <li><a + href="http://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/tblee/trouble-free-riding">The + Trouble with “Free Riding”</a>, by Timothy B. Lee.</li> + + <li><a + href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/06/09/rasmus-fleischer/the-future-of-copyright/">The + Future of Copyright</a>, an essay by Rasmus Fleischer.</li> + + <li><a + href="http://cic.unb.br/~rezende/trabs/stockholm.html">The + Digital Stockholm Syndrome</a>: reflections over some psychological + responses to market forces, by Pedro Rezende, University of Brasilia.</li> + + <li><a href="http://questioncopyright.org">QuestionCopyright.org</a> + is a web site about the history and effects of copyright, dedicated + to raise awareness of the harmful consequences of today's copyright + system.</li> + <li> + <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/how-vista-lets-microsoft-lock-users-in/d/d-id/1049559"> + How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In</a> by Cory Doctorow. + <b>Note:</b> We think it is a mistake to use the enemy's favorable-sounding propaganda terms such as + “trusted computing” to describe a malicious plan. + </li> + <li> + <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180914161858/http://movingtofreedom.org/archives/"> + movingtofreedom.org</a>, + Scott Carpenter's blog with many freedom-related articles. + </li> + <li> + <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/194701/">A couple of lessons on the hazards of proprietary software</a>. + </li> + <li> + <a href="http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/07/03/story8.html"> + Multiple doctors cut off from records by Dr. Notes</a>, + an example of how proprietary software gives the developers unjust power over the users. + </li> + <li>Jimmy Wales explains why + <a href="http://blog.jimmywales.com/index.php/archives/2004/10/21/free-knowledge-requires-free-software-and-free-file-formats/"> + Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats</a>. In this paper, he also exposes why + <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a> needs to be free software.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.juergen-ernst.de/info_swpat_en.html">Software patents under the + magnifying glass</a>. In this article, the author uses arguments + based on lambda calculus to show why software cannot be patented.</li> + <li><a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/204641/">Free gadgets need free + software</a>, an editorial reporting a firmware “upgrade” that + removes the ability to record radio broadcasts.</li> + <li>Lakhani and Wolf's + <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-352-managing-innovation-emerging-trends-spring-2005/readings/lakhaniwolf.pdf">paper on the + motivation of free software developers</a> says that a considerable fraction are motivated by the view that software should be free. This was despite the fact that they surveyed the developers on SourceForge, a site that does not support the view that this is an ethical issue.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11663">Groklaw + sends a Dear Darl letter</a>: a group from the free software and + open source community has put together a response to SCO CEO Darl + McBride's Open Letter to the Open Source Community.</li> + <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060313152550/http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/editorials/4788/1/">Hardware + Central [Archived Page]</a>. We disagree with one aspect of this article's + conclusion: It's not legitimate for Microsoft to help Disney and the + RIAA impose Digital Restrictions Management on you, any more than it + is legitimate for Disney and the RIAA to try it. The full power of + computing should be available to you, not just to the owners of + information.</li> + +<li>The SCO Sue Me Petition has overwhelmed its inceptor +and the petition is no longer taking votes. The author +of the petition, John Everitt, was expecting only several +responses but instead he had thousands of participants. <a +href="https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6913">In the +last available public communication about the petition</a>, he +urged people to help <a href="http://www.fsf.org">FSF</a> in any +way possible.</li> + +<li><a +href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030904102640/http://proposicion.org.ar/doc/gob/Conde-281102/index.html.en">Senator +Alberto Conde's answer</a> to CESSI regarding Bill E-135/02-03 which proposes +use of Free Software in the public sector for the province of Buenos Aires. <a +href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030204005052/http://www.proposicion.org.ar/proyecto/leyes/E-135.02-03/">The +bill</a> has been submitted by Senator Alberto Conde himself.</li> + +<li>Some economists argue that copyright and patents <a +href="https://reason.com/2003/03/01/creation-myths-2/"> fail to promote +the progress</a> that they supposedly exist to promote. +<p> +This article takes a narrowly economic view of its subject, measuring +social alternatives only by what goods are available for what price, +assuming that you the citizen are a mere consumer and place no value +on your freedom in itself. It also uses the misleading term +<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty">“intellectual +property”</a>, which is misleading because it lumps copyrights and +patents together. The article also lumps them together, which it can +get away with because it ignores the (different) social issues that +copyrights and patents raise. +</p><p> +Despite those flaws, it is significant. If one can judge copyright to +be harmful even on narrow economic terms, disregarding the ethical +wrong of stopping people from sharing, it can only be more harmful +once we consider the ethics as well. +</p></li> + + <li>Two articles by Duncan Campbell describe how NSA backdoors were + hidden in proprietary software programs: + <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130723003646/http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/2/2898/1.html">Only NSA can + listen, so that's OK</a> and <a + href="https://www.heise.de/tp/features/How-NSA-access-was-built-into-Windows-3444341.html">How NSA + access was built into Windows</a>. Both are clear demonstrations of how + users of proprietary software can often be unaware of what they are + actually running.</li> + + <li><a href="http://www.compilerpress.ca/Cultural%20Economics/Works/CPU%202000.htm">Copyright + C.P.U.</a>, by Harry Hillman Chartrand, is a good summary of the history of + copyright.</li> + + <li>Malla Pollack's + <a href="http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/progress.html">What + is Congress Supposed to Promote?</a> explains how the United States' + government's recent tendencies to provide maximum control to copyright + holders defies the justification for establishment of copyright set out + in the constitution.</li> + + <li>Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez wrote a + letter to a Microsoft manager after they wrote expressing concern about + the country's pending Free Software in Public Administration bill. It + does an excellent job of allaying concerns about free software often + raised by Microsoft and others. The English translation of the letter is + <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030207075039/http://www.pimientolinux.com/peru2ms/villanueva_to_ms.html"> + here</a>.</li> + + <li><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2170/2170-h/2170-h.htm#2H_4_0018">British + historian Thomas Macaulay</a> had ideas about copyright in 1841 + which still hold true today.</li> + + + <li>openrevolt.org was a site devoted to providing information about + the European Copyright Directive and similar legislation. It + concentrated on the two principal problems of the EUCD, which make + it easier for copyright holders to censor webpages on ISPs and give + legal protection to copy-protection measures.</li> + + <li><a href="http://www.chillingeffects.org">Chilling Effects</a> is + a collection point for cease and desist notices concerning online + activity — we invite visitors to enter C&Ds they have + received or sent. The website collects the C&Ds in a searchable + database and hyperlinks them to explanations of the legal + issues.</li> + + <li><a + href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020222080928/www.byte.com/documents/s=2302/byt1011380870846/"> + Coding is a Crime</a>, by Shannon Cochran, is a commentary on the indictment + of Jon Johansen on felony charges for helping write DeCSS.</li> + + <li><a href="http://law.duke.edu/pd/papers/boyle.pdf">The Second Enclosure Movement + and the Construction of the Public Domain</a>, by James Boyle.</li> + + <li><a href="http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/howard/Papers/pw-public-spaces.html">Intellectual + Property: The Attack on Public Space in Cyberspace</a>, by Howard Besser, + describes how various industries are using their leverage with copyright + to make fewer locations on the Internet less and less public.</li> + + <li><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=267848#PaperDownload">Locating + Copyright Within the First Amendment Skein</a>, by Neil W. Netanel, + argues that the United States court system has been wrong in its dated + assumption that fair use eliminates the conflict between copyright law + and the First Amendment.</li> + + <li>Richard Stallman co-signed + <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030803114409/http://perens.com/Articles/StandTogether.html">a +joint statement responding to comments by Craig Mundie of Microsoft +[Archived Page]</a>.</li> + + <li>In <a href="/philosophy/dmarti-patent.html">Patent Reform + Now!</a>, Don Marti calls for free software supporters to + nominate Richard M. Stallman to US Patent and Trademark Office's + Patent Public Advisory Committee.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/stophr3028.html">Stop H.R. 3028</a>, + “The Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act of 1999”.</li> + + <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010410172314/http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~beejoo/gnuproject.html"> + The GNU Project FTP Site: A Digital Collection Supporting a Social Movement [Archived Page]</a>, by Michelle Bejian.</li> + + <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000815064842/http://oppression.nerdherd.org/Stories/1998/9810/ucla/ucla.html">UCLA + discriminates against students using GNU/Linux. One part of + their justification is supporting the power of software + owners. [Archived Page]</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19991012082619/http://simson.net/clips/98.Globe.05-07.Read_them_and_weep.htm">Read + Them And Weep [Archived Page]</a>, by Simson Garfinkel, talks about the + pending bills that would give information owners sweeping new powers, + and restrict the activities of users.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/nonsoftware-copyleft.html">Applying Copyleft To + Non-Software Information</a>, by Michael Stutz.</li> + <li><a href="/philosophy/free-world.html">Only + the Free World Can Stand Up to Microsoft</a>, by Tom Hull.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp.html">The + Free Music Philosophy</a>, by Ram Samudrala.</li> + + <li>Record companies argue for more copyright power by saying they are + the support of the musicians. + <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040916075542/http://www.negativland.com/albini.html"> + This article</a> shows how record companies really treat musicians.</li> + + <!-- the original link was not working, rms suggested i + make a temporary link -neel + http://www.musicisum.com/manifesto.shtml + --> + + <!-- + + 05 June 2013: Link Broken. It is not available in web.archive.org + because of robots.txt - rsiddharth + + <li><a href="http://www.maui.net/~zen_gtr/zgzinepg4.html">The Manifesto: + Piracy is Your Friend</a>, by Jaron Lanier. + <br /> + <strong>Note</strong> that the GNU Project recommends + <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">avoiding</a> the term + <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy">piracy</a> since + it implies that sharing copies is somehow illegitimate.</li> + --> + <li><a href="http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html">A + primer on the ethics of “Intellectual property”</a>, by Ram Samudrala.</li> + <li><a href="/philosophy/self-interest.html">Is self-interest sufficient to + organize a free economy?</a> by Loyd Fueston.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/kragen-software.html">People, places, things and ideas</a> by Kragen Sitaker</li> + <li><a href="http://freenation.org/a/f31l1.html">The Libertarian Case + Against Intellectual Property Rights</a> by Roderick T. Long + <br /> + The Free Software Movement does not endorse Libertarianism, and + <a href="/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html">we do + not agree entirely</a> with that article. But it is useful for + refuting + one specific argument that is made in favor of proprietary software.</li> + <li><a href="http://old.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/anarchism.html">Anarchism + Triumphant: + Free Software and the Death of Copyright</a></li> + + <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130409233705/http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~digger/596/werry_comm.pdf">Imagined + Electronic Community: Representations of Virtual Community in + Contemporary Business Discourse</a> by Chris Werry.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/economics_frank/frank.html">Does Studying + Economics Inhibit Cooperation?</a> by Frank, Gilovich, and Regan.</li> + <li><a href="http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html">Development, + Ethical Trading, and Free Software</a> by Danny Yee.</li> + <li><a href="/philosophy/bdk.html">The Ballad of Dennis Karjala</a>: + A political comment in the form of a broadside ballad + by Timothy R. Phillips.</li> + <li><a href="/philosophy/ICT-for-prosperity.html">Shaping + Collaborative ICT Development and Initiatives for Global + Prosperity</a> by Robert J. Chassell.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/papers/free-software/selection-html/"> + Competitive Advantages of Free Software</a> by Alexandre Oliva.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.advogato.org/article/89.html" + id="PatentgrantundertheGPL">Patent grant under the GPL</a> by Raph Levien.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/biztech/articles/10digital.html" + id="ConceptofCopyrightFightsMarkoff">The + Concept of Copyright Fights for Internet Survival</a> by John + Markoff.</li> + + <li><a id="TheRealPurposeOfCopyrightBerry" +href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA158872.html">The + Real Purpose of Copyright</a> by John N. Berry III.</li> + <li><a id="Copyrightfire" href="/philosophy/fire.html">Copyrighting Fire! (Humor)</a> by Ian Clarke.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/infirmation_technology.html" id="INFOTECH">The Future Brings “Infirmation Technology”</a> by + Andy Oram.</li> +<!-- Re: Free Protocols Foundation - it's a maintainance nightmare --> +<!-- to have full descriptions in more then one place. -len --> +<!-- RMS requests that this link is put back, 14 Dec 2000, paulv --> + <li><a href="http://www.freeprotocols.org/">The Free Protocols + Foundation</a> is an independent public forum, dedicated to the + support of patent-free protocols.</li> + <li><a href="/philosophy/software-libre-commercial-viability.html">Software Libre and Commercial Viability</a> by Alessandro Rubini</li> + <li><a href="http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/98il/"> + Information liberation</a> by Brian Martin. We urge people to avoid + using the term <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">intellectual + property</a> and to instead speak about copyrights, patents, and/or + trademarks.</li> + <li><a href="http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm">Seat Sale</a>, a + satire about copyright.</li> + + <li>A <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/">gallery</a> + of examples demonstrating how outrageous and absurd the Digital + Millennium Copyright Act is.</li> + + <li><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/28/0121209&mode=nocomment"> + A book review of <cite>Digital Copyright</cite></a>.</li> + +<!-- The archived version is truncated. + <li><a + href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080703140137/http://www.itworld.com/LWD010523vcontrol4">Live and + let license [archived]</a> by Joe Barr.</li> +--> + + <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191221223329/http://www.piecepack.org/">Piecepack</a> is a set of + boardgame pieces which everyone is free to use in creating or playing + various types of games.</li> + + <li>Eastern Gianozia has put together a <a + href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190924041236/http://www.gianoziaorientale.org/info/foreign_politics.html"> + tongue-in-cheek look at Software Patents and DRM</a>.</li> + + <li><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7813">Free Software and Scouting</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://fare.tunes.org/articles/patents.html">Patents Are an Economic Absurdity</a>: This article adopts as a premise the popular view that free trade is desirable. We don't always agree — beyond a certain point, free trade gives businesses too much power, allowing them to intimidate democracy. But that is a different matter. </li><!-- Description text by RMS --> + + <li><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/2000/09/stephan-kinsella/in-defense-of-napster-and-against-the-second-homesteading-rule/">In Defense of Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf">Against Intellectual Property</a>, Spring 2001, Journal of Libertarian Studies (PDF)</li> +<!-- Available only against a fee. + <li><a href="http://www.lulu.com/dcparris/">Penguin in the Pew</a>, Free Software from a Christian perspective.</li> +--> +<li><a +href="http://web.archive.org/web/20121029031829/http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~sdexter/Pubs/cepe2005.pdf"> +A Comparative Ethical Assessment of Free Software Licensing Schemes</a> +by Samir Chopra and Scott Dexter</li> + + <li>The <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20131126094524/http://simplemachines.it/index.php/sim-one-project">SIM.ONE + hardware project</a> has created free (as in freedom) + computer design specifications.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/vaccination.html">Viral Code and Vaccination</a>, + an article by Robert J. Chassell.</li> + + <li><a href="/philosophy/why-audio-format-matters.html">Why Audio + Format matters</a> by Karl Fogel</li> + + <li>Not available online, but as early as 1960 Bernard Galler wrote a + letter to the editor of the Communications of the ACM (vol.3, no.4, + pp.A12-A13), saying in part (mentioning price, but clearly implying + freedom): + <blockquote> + <p> + … it is clear that what is being + charged for is the development of the program, and + while I am particularly unhappy that it comes from a + university, I believe it is damaging to the whole + profession. There isn't a 704 installation that hasn't + directly benefited from the free exchange of programs + made possible by the distribution facilities of SHARE. + If we start to sell our programs, this will set very + undesirable precedents. + </p> + </blockquote> + (Thanks to Nelson Beebe for the reference.)</li> +</ul> + +</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. 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