Interview with Eben Moglen, Professor of Law and Legal History, Columbia
University Law School.
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| Is the adoption of free software in most developing countries driven by
| ideology or by economics?
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| Local cultural conditions vary enormously in the societies around the world
| where free software is making inroads, and whether the software is seen as
| confirming an ideological presumption in favour of free information or
| presenting a development opportunity seems to me [to be] largely
| unpredictable in advance.
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20071019507610000.htm
Stallman Schools Me on "IP"
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| "Intellectual property" is such a loaded term because it carries with it all
| the positive associations that "property" enjoys, at least in modern American
| society. That's why those among us who control the most stuff use it so
| aggressively. (See, for example, the U.N.'s "World Intellectual Property
| Organization.") Though, to nitpick, I'm not sure I entirely agree with the
| distinction Richard makes between patents and copyright. I'd argue that
| copyright is an abstraction, too, as well as a "monopoly created by fiat."
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http://www.nancyscola.com/2007/10/stallman_schools_me_on_ip.html
Free Culture: There's more than one way to fight copyright
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| Yesterday we told you about the two Washington chapters of the
| anti-copyright-law group called Students For Free Culture, as posted on the
| group's Web site.
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| As it turns out, there's only one. And it's at a law school, of all places.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/123426.asp
Free in Speech, Not Cost
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| We stand for a culture where everyone has the right to participate and where
| works are made available for all to legitimately access, share and remix.
| This is a culture that is “free as in speech” — not necessarily one that is
| free of charge.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/opinion/lweb12copyright.html?_r=3&n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Letters&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Why Open-Source Does Not Protect Your Freedom: Richard Stallman Explains Why
Free Software Is The Only Answer
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| Open-source misses the point of defending users freedom and assimilating
| open-source with Free Software only plays against the original Free Software
| movement ideals and goals. The necessities of commercial business have
| somehow eroded the original Free Software ideals and the operational
| advantages have rapidly gained key attention over the core "ethical" issues
| on which free software was born.
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http://www.personalbee.com/227/20894657
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