Tech Alley » Legal http://techalley.cirne.com Covering Technology in the San Francisco Bay Area Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Richard Stallman’s Ethics http://techalley.cirne.com/2007/09/13/richard-stallmans-ethics/ http://techalley.cirne.com/2007/09/13/richard-stallmans-ethics/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:06:12 +0000 Enric http://techalley.cirne.com/2007/09/13/richard-stallmans-ethics/

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I went to listen to Richard Stallman at U.C. Berkeley on "Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks". At the end I asked Richard about my publishing software under LGPL with one part free (PHP and javascript code) and another part copyrighted (flash code.) He told me I was unethical. From his talk and writing, I gather the ethics are that I'm not allowing someone else the ability to see and modify the code I've written in the Flash portion.

I respect Richard's personal ethic to share all code that he's written. I disagree with him imposing his personal ethics and methods on others.

Not everyone else has the same needs and requirements with software and other products as Richard. Many do not want to and will not modify computer code. More essential, an exchange of work performed is a contract between two or more individuals. It's a negotiation where both parties find the best agreement for a product. In the future some or all of the Flash source code may be available. And it is likely available on a negotiated basis. But to require only one method of disseminating coded takes away the freedom to distributing and negotiating work. That is unethical.

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Continuing the discussion with with Jason Schultz at the Electronic Frontier Foundation on using the DMCA to inhibit internet speech. Jason goes into Landmark Education's usage of the DMCA and how bloggers can responsed to DMCA notices.

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Continuing the discussion with with Jason Schultz at the Electronic Frontier Foundation on using the DMCA to inhibit internet speech. The applicability, if any, of the DMCA to hosts outside U.S. is discussed.

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Continuing the discussion with with Jason Schultz at the Electronic Frontier Foundation on using the DMCA to inhibit internet speech. The possible precedent of the Diehl v. Crook case is discussed.

For background on the Michael Crook case see the intro.

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Continuing the discussion with with Jason Schultz at the Electronic Frontier Foundation on using the DMCA to inhibit internet speech. Here we go into how an ISP can respond to a DMCA notice and what could be done to protect against the notice.

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For background on the Michael Crook case see the intro.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 14th, 2006, I met with Jason Schultz at the Electronic Frontier Foundation on using the DMCA to inhibit internet speech.  The segment is an introduction to the EFF and the Michael Crook case.

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On November 8th, 2006 I interviewed EFF lawyer, Kurt Opsahl, on EFF's defense of the Internet Archive from the Landmark Education DMCA Subpeona.  Landmark Education subpoenaed the Internet Archive, Google Video and YouTube to reveal the identity of who uploaded the France TV 3 video on the Lanmdark Forum. Kurt recommends bloggers, whether using text, audio or video, review the EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers. Another source of information for online rights is the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse with a database of take down notices. Should you receive a Cease and Desist notice(s) they can be put up there.

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