[ale] Linux apparently illegal in MA

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:46:35 -0400
Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> It would make for a more interesting world if the freedoms set down in
> the Constitution were backed by something similar to the GPL. My
> rights exist and no one has the right to lessen them. I have a
> responsibility to ensure that the rights I have are both passed to and
> protected for all those who cross my little chunk of dirt.
> 
> It seems to me as things are now with the rights in the Constitution
> have the ability to be switched off at will by some citizens
> (employers in particular.) that perhaps they are not really rights but
> merely privileges.
> 
> Maybe if more people, teachers and congress-critters especially, had a
> real gut-level understanding of the social and philosophical
> implications of the GPL we could have a better society that doesn't
> have as much potential for a small percentage of often thuggish people
> to abuse the extra powers they receive in exchange for a tremendous
> responsibility.

I *like* that idea.  A lot.  Well said.

	--- Mike

-- 
Only bad drivers cut corners.
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