[Linux-bruxelles] Re: No Compromise On Privacy or WHY FIGHTING SOFTWARE PATENTS

[Henrion Benjamin]

"G?rald S?drati-Dinet (gibus)" <sedrati at bigfoot.com> [040314]:
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> 
> Henrion Benjamin a écrit :
> >X-[SPAM bigfoot]: 
> >
> >This is a demonstration why people who are aware of their privacy should
> >fight software patents. Juridical terrorism in the information society
> >will began once software patents are enforceable in front of a court,
> >and it will force you to lower your level of privacy. Here is why... If
> >you have other views, please make comments or ask for an english
> >version.
> 
> I fully agree with you Benjamin. But your reply takes the risk to mix 
> copyright issues with patent issues, doesn't it. First you are 
> explaining the problem with attachments of proprietary formats as a 
> copyright problem (freedoms attached to free softwares vs lack of 
> freedom of proprietary softwares). Then, you are moving on sw patent 
> issue. Both are unrelated, except that swpats are a weapon to kill free 
> software. Maybe you should insist more on that : you are talking about 
> swpats only because it's a weapon of massive destruction against the 
> free world ;-)

If people can can, they should understand that I'm not talking about
copyright. The question of copyleft here is just here to divide the
costs of the study analysis of the source code. You profit from the
network effect you give in giving the freedom of copy for the guy who
have a copy, so as he can make a copy for his neighboor. This is just a
question of dividing the cost of people who have the same requirements
as you (people who wants 100% of privacy).

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