Re: [Fsfe-uk] Re: [discuss] Open source software News

[NorthLondon John]

On 29 May 2004, at 17:08, Ralph Janke wrote:

> Timothy Baldwin wrote:
>
> > How do claim that patents, a form intelluctual propiery, and 
> > therefore a form of private propetry, are socialistic?
> The justification for patents is that they are for the common good of 
> society. This is one of the principles of
> socialism. The idea of socialism is to restricts individual freedom 
> for what it is claimed to be good for the whole of society.
> If you look in Article 1,s. 8 in the US Constitution, you will read 
> that the purpose of granting exclusive (monopoly) rights
> to inventors is the benefit of the progress of sciences. The benefit 
> is for all of society.

Ah, yes. That notorious socialist screed, the US Constitution.

It's inevitable that there will be many different, conflicting, and 
even implacably opposed points of view in a campaign such as this. Go 
ahead, make your case. But don't make up history.

John