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You kind of gloss over a lot of topics here but I would like to point out that Richard Stallman's free software license, the GPL, is entirely dependent on copyright law to work.

Also, open source is not anti-copyright and there is nothing extreme about open source. They do not advocate breaking the law, they are trying to encourage collaboration while working within the current laws.

The tone of this article (extremism, zealotry) is far from impartial. It appears you are just trying to drum up controversy and are not really interested in hearing anyone's opinion if it differs from your own.
Posted by: Someguy2   Posted on: 09/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Well, Dana...  Userama | 08/26/08
troops !?  shis-ka-bob | 08/26/08
commitee is more like it... not troops.  shryko | 08/27/08
still a military analogy  shis-ka-bob | 08/27/08
RE: Open source extremism lives  btidwell | 08/26/08
Not the same thing  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 08/26/08
Maybe not the best example  btidwell | 08/26/08
GPL and Copyright  daengbo | 08/27/08
You are right about the distinction  btidwell | 08/27/08
What I said  daengbo | 08/27/08
open source extremism lives.....  xuniL_z | 08/26/08
It's everywhere  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 08/26/08
Yup, Windows extremists too...  TtfnJohn | 08/27/08
Differences  xuniL_z | 08/28/08
Open source extremism lives AND turns  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/08
You used to be fun, now you're just boring.  kozmcrae | 08/26/08
Ah, an extremist tells me  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/08
It's gotta hurt then that...  T1Oracle | 08/28/08
I was under the impression...  AndyCee | 08/27/08
Did you expect party discipline?  John L. Ries | 08/26/08
Good one, John  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 08/26/08
Stallman and 'extremists'  shis-ka-bob | 08/26/08
Indeed.. Right On  TedKraan | 08/27/08
Absolutely agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/08
Thing is, though  TtfnJohn | 08/27/08
Open source is not a business movement  jimmyed2000 | 08/28/08
Not quite  Someguy2 | 09/03/08
RE: Open source extremism lives  joshuagay | 09/09/08

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