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that different wording could help avoid. Footnotes added in 1993 help |
that different wording could help avoid. Footnotes added in 1993 help |
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For up-to-date information about the available GNU software, please see |
For up-to-date information about the available GNU software, please |
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the latest issue of the GNU's Bulletin. The list is much too long to |
see @uref{http://www.gnu.org}. For software tasks to work on, see |
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@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tasklist}. For other ways to |
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other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more |
other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more |
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difficult. |
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People who have studied the issue of intellectual property rights carefully |
People who have studied the issue of intellectual property |
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to speak of ``the issue'' of ``intellectual property.'' That term is |
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obviously biased; more subtle is the fact that it lumps together |
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various disparate laws which raise very different issues. Nowadays I |
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urge people to reject the term ``intellectual property'' entirely, |
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lest it lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent |
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issue. The way to be clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and |
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trademarks separately. See |
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explanation of how this term spreads confusion and bias.} carefully |
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(such as lawyers) say that there is no intrinsic right to intellectual |
(such as lawyers) say that there is no intrinsic right to intellectual |
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property. The kinds of supposed intellectual property rights that the |
property. The kinds of supposed intellectual property rights that the |
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government recognizes were created by specific acts of legislation for |
government recognizes were created by specific acts of legislation for |
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The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could also |
The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could also |
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employ programmers. |
employ programmers. |
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People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware, asking for |
People with new ideas could distribute programs as |
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donations from satisfied users, or selling hand-holding services. I have |
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met people who are already working this way successfully. |
"free software" and "freeware". The term "freeware" means software |
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you are free to redistribute, but usually you are not free to study |
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and change the source code, so most of it is not free software. See |
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explanation.}, asking for donations from satisfied users, or selling |
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Users with related needs can form users' groups, and pay dues. A group |
Users with related needs can form users' groups, and pay dues. A group |
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would contract with programming companies to write programs that the |
would contract with programming companies to write programs that the |