Unix dead??? (long message)

[Carl S. Gutekunst]

In article <2827 at brl-smoke.ARPA> MRC%PANDA at SUMEX-AIM.arpa (Mark Crispin) writes:
>I wonder if there is any relation beyond coincidence that both parties
>who flamed about "posting copyrighted material is illegal" are from
>SUN.  Maybe this is a plot by SUN to close off people's brains so they
>will sign any terrible license agreement SUN comes up with.

I haven't had any problems with Sun's license agreements: a lot of their best
stuff they give away free! (RPC, XDR, user level NFS....)

Lets get real. If you are a writer, you are going to be very concerned about
unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted work, especially when the medium has
never been examined by the courts. And aside from the legal issues, there
remains the question of whether it's *RIGHT* to reproduce someone else's work.
I feel I have the best chance of being both *legal* and *right* by limiting
myself to excerpts, or by just making a reference. If people really care about
it that much, they can go buy a copy (or sneak a peak on the newstand :-)).

Was it *right* to reproduce Dvorak's article? Probably not. (1) I don't see
much point in posting a satirical article by a relatively unknown author from
a low-credibility publication to be held up on the net for public ridicule.
(2) We already have enough Unix versus the world discusssions going; we don't
need any more. 

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