[FM Discuss] why you should stop using pirated software and learn to love freedom

[adam hyde]

hey

Thanks for the quick and interesting reply.

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 12:12 -0600, Janet Swisher wrote:
> If they support free software already, you may be preaching to the
> choir. However, members of this audience may be interested in
> arguments they can use with their unconverted colleagues, whose
> response to this article might be just "so what?". Rather than "don't
> teach with pirated software because it hurts free software", an
> argument that more closely aligns with their values might be "don't
> teach with pirated software because it teaches students to disrespect
> intellectual property rights". We might not like all the ways that IP
> is currently controlled, but both proprietary and free software
> existing within that system.  Knowledge workers (including designers)
> make their living based on controlling access to their creative output
> -- their intellectual property. If a teacher condones unauthorized
> copying of IP, they condone undercutting the basis of the profession
> they are teaching.

I'm not sure I agree that designers make a living from controlling the
output of their creative output - I think most get paid to make
something and actually in many cases this means the transferal of their
IP to the person or org that is paying them

IP is broken and most broken is copyright. I dont have much respect for
either IP or its subset of copyright except where they preserve freedom
which is seldom the case. The GPL is one case where this freedom is
preserved.

adam



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