Re: GNAT GPL 2005: Too clever by half?

["Chad R. Meiners" <chad.rmeiners@gmail.com>]

From: Hyman Rosen
<quote>
Not unlike the way Andrew Wiles labored for over seven years,
and yet mathematicians everywhere will greedily use the
Taniyama-Shimura theorem in their own proofs without paying
him one cent (or Taniyama and Shimura, for that matter).
<\quote>

When you invoke a property established by a theorem, are you making a
copy of that theorem.  No, you are not.  This is beside the point.

From: Hyman Rosen
<quote>
And you're wrong, by the way. You can arrange to be compensated
for your labor in any way you like. Stallman would simply deny
you the ability to prevent others from using the product of your
labor.
<\quote>

Your statement is self-contradictory.  Furthermore, the quote
"Stallman would simply deny
you the ability to prevent others from using the product of your
labor."

reads as "Stallman prevents you from protecting yourself from the theft
of your labor", which is a pretty serious violation of our rights.

-CRM