Read: [next] [previous] messageanti-DMCA or pro-"Right to Compatability"?From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca> On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Brett Delmage wrote: > When registering, I strongly urge you to use a name that says what you're > *for* not what you are against. Don't even use this language in internal > discussion, it's not mentally helpful for advancing your vision. What about when people are not *for* the same thing? I don't believe it is effective to break people into smaller groups simply because they are not for the same thing. I've had this same discussion over the past 5 years with those opposing international "Investment policy". Sometimes what you have in common is only what you are against. Sometimes the status-quo (IE: doing nothing) is what you want rather than doing the wrong thing, which I believe is the case for Investment Policy, protection of technological measures, etc! > We use an expression in effective cycling skills training: > "look where you want to go" I would love to have a "Right to Compatibility" group form, but are all the software types going to the meetings in agreement on this issue as bing the most critical? > Brett --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> See http://weblog.flora.org/ for announcements, activities, and opinions Get Legal - become Free! http://weblog.flora.ca/article.php3?story_id=126 Stay Legal - Use Free Software http://www.stay-legal.org/ -- For (un)subscription information, posting guidelines and links to other related sites please see http://www.flora.org/dmca/ Read: [next] [previous] message List: [newer] [older] articles You need to subscribe to post to this forum. |