Re: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
> On 19/05/14 22:00, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
>>> > I wouldn't call real estate a form of intellectual property; it's very
>>> > physical. Real, even. On the other hand, I would still treat it
>>> > differently from ordinary property, on the basis that it will continue
>>> > to exist essentially for ever, well beyond the lifetime of the current
>>> > owner. As such, I feel that while some form of 'ownership' is generally
>>> > ok, it should be considered more like custodianship - the current owner
>>> > shouldn't be free to drain it of all its resources, and leave nothing
>>> > for the next.
>> This is, in fact, a very Godly and Scriptural view. The earth is the
>> Lord's, and everything in it [1], and people are given the charge of
>> taking care of it and putting it to work [2].
>
> Heh - it may be a view taken by the Godly and Scriptual, but I'm very
> much neither of those :-)
All I'm saying is, you happen to be broadly in agreement with God in
those views you expressed :) You might not believe in Him, but you
happen to be thinking along the same lines.
You're right that this is pretty OT. But I've been lurking here for a
few days, and a lot of the chatter has been OT. Doesn't mean it isn't
of interest or even useful, of course :) but it has been only
tangentially Debianish.
ChrisA
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