[Community] Stallman polemizza con CC
MARCO MARANDOLA
marandol a hotmail.com
Dom 17 Lug 2005 00:34:31 CEST
Salve..
Sembra che CC e Stallman siano arrivati "ai ferri corti" dopo le critiche
(pesanti) di Stallman a CC.
Saluti.
Marco Marandola
http://dosemagazine.blogsome.com/2005/07/04/stallman-et-al-at-copyright2005/
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This criticism of Creative Commons set off the litigator instinct in
lawyer-Marcus Bornfreund, who attacked Stallman’s position (and Stallman
himself) as a “fascist leader,” forcing his “ideology” on his “followers,”
and denying people “choice,” after all doesn’t “choice mean freedom? Yet
your leader wants to deny you choice.” It was a pretty intense attack, and a
little awkward, but raises a very good question that people need to be able
to answer. Is choice freedom?
Bornfreund’s view, as I understood it, is that the author (of art, of
software) should be able to choose between a full spectrum of licences,
presumably from the freest to the most restricting (if his claim that choice
means freedom is valid, then in this case the choice should go all the way
to the most restrictive patent/copyright now available). Bornfreund is
arguing to give the author the ability to allow users of his/her work to
share, if the author wishes. Freedom to share is something the author has
the right to grant, or not.
Stallman claims that certain freedoms must be essential for everyone, such
as the right to make unlimited non-commercial copies of works. Stallman is
arguing that the right to share should be an essential freedom for people
regardless of what the author thinks. (Note this is in non-commercial
cases). Freedom to share is an inalienable right for all of society.
In other words, Stallman argues for freedom in society, whereas Bornfreund
argues for freedom of the author.
It’s too bad the debate was so acrimonious, with, I think it’s fair to say,
Bornfreund crossing the line from reasoned argument to show-boaty attack,
and not coming off too well in the process. His fascist comments were over
the top, and his views of freedom rather childish (if you think freedom is
so great, then I am free to punch you in the nose and there’s nothing you
can do about it), still if you don’t have time to think about it they sell
well, especially since you hear this kind of view of freedom so often (eg
free markets = democracy etc).
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