IBM monotheism
jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Sat Mar 3 17:21:38 CST 2001
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>From: MalignD at aol.com
> I think I know what I'm disagreeing with (thanks, neverthless, for the help),
> which are facts. Intellectual property was licensed, not stolen.
I think Eric admitted the "fact" of the licensing. I think his point might
have been that such licensing is also theft.
> If I'm
> wrong in saying that, it's because I have the facts wrong, not becuase I've
> misinterpreted.
Perhaps it's the ethical propriety which was being questioned, in which case
it is the interpretation of the fact of the license which is the issue.
I fear the next stop in this discussion to be the "history is fact"
argument, which can be fun and all but ...
best
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