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Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 6, 2005 6:08 UTC (Tue) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998)
In reply to: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario by bk
Parent article: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

But there is arguably an constutional right to do what you will with your own property. To say that the US constitution guarentees very little misreads it; it was designed to narrowly specify what the government could do, not specify what it can't.

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Constitutional right to do what you will with your property

Posted Dec 9, 2005 17:09 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

there is arguably an constitutional right to do what you will with your own property.

Actually, this isn't worded properly. By the definition of property, you have the right to do what you will with your own property. What the US Constitution does is shore up (but not create) the right of individuals to own property. (4th, 5th, and 14th Amendments limit the government's power to take property).