Another name for "apathetic" that tells the true story
Another name for "apathetic" that tells the true story
Posted May 14, 2003 19:23 UTC (Wed) by jzb (editor, #7867)In reply to: Another name for "apathetic" that tells the true story by roskegg
Parent article: Christopher Blizzard of mozilla.org Speaks on the Firebird Naming Conflict (MozillaZine)
I think they should make monetary restitution to the Firebird team
That's absolutely ridiculous. How much money is Mozilla making on distributing Mozilla under any name? Not one dime.
Posted May 15, 2003 6:05 UTC (Thu)
by roskegg (subscriber, #105)
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Just because a thief gives his stolen goods to the local priest for widows and orphans fund doesn't absolve him of full responsibility for the theft. Jonathan Walther
Posted May 16, 2003 12:33 UTC (Fri)
by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
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Dear me, now we're calling it `theft' to reuse a common name?
Before you get even more worked up, think about how the
MPAA and the
RIAA are characterizing fair use
of copyrighted material, look at what RMS has to say on`theft'
wrt copyright,
or on different
laws for granting monopolies on ideas, then think carefully about your
choice of words.
If we get too wound up in our furor, some concepts we hold
very dear (including running Free Software, should Microsoft's
Palladium ever take
hold) may end up on the trash-heap of history.
When a thief is charged with a crime, his sentence isn't based on how much money HE has, but rather on how much he STOLE. That "Mozilla" as a project doesn't make money matters not a whit. What matters is the havoc that their actions have caused a fellow Free Software project, without any provocation whatsoever.When a thief is charged...
Debian Developer
No theft, it's `trademark dilution'
Best wishes,
Max Hyre