From: reason67@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized
Date: 1999/12/14
Date: 1999-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835o0h$6ti$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38561D9A.70B61403@acenet.com.au
In article <38561D9A.70B61403@acenet.com.au>,
Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au> wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:06:54 GMT, reason67@my-deja.com
> > <reason67@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >
> > >You have the freedom to choose to use Java under the
> > >restrictions put on it by Sun.
>
> In that sense, just about anything is free!
This is a bit off the Ada topic and I would be happy to go into more
detail in private email. Freedom is the absense of coercion. So, anytime
someone initiates force or a threat of force, you are not free. Free
market agencies always leave people free. Coercive monopolies (those
licensed by a government) would limit freedom.
The reason I responded orginally is that it bothers me when people claim
that they are not free when companies have restrictions on what they
produce. Some goes as far as the advocacy of forcing people to "free"
their code.
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Jeffrey S. Blatt
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-09 0:00 The revolution will not be standardized Ted Dennison
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-13 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-12-23 0:00 ` gnat 3.12 Michael Ben-Gershon
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` The revolution will not be standardized Richard D Riehle
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-14 0:00 ` reason67 [this message]
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
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