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From: reason67@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized
Date: 1999/12/14
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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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