From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262135AbTD3Jvc (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:51:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262138AbTD3Jvb (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:51:31 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:27776 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262135AbTD3Jva (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:51:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:03:43 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Rik van Riel Cc: Robert White , Timothy Miller , James Bottomley , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Message-ID: <20030430100343.GG13859@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Robert White wrote: > > 1) the author has a right to profit from his creation > > Not at all. Copyright law is to promote the progress of > sciences and arts; in short, it is about the rights of > mankind, not about the rights of authors. > > The temporary monopoly which authors get over their work > is there to encourage authors to create more works, which > in turn benefit all of mankind. Just a side effect to > promote the good of the many. The author has a right to profit from his creation _so as_ to promote the good of the many. The two views are not contradictory. -- Jamie