From: Jonah Bossewitch <jonah@ccnmtl.columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:21:02 -0500

Re: An Update on Free Software in Brazil

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i29/29a03101.htm

"Mr. Moglen argues that software is a "public utility," and that 
preventing anyone from using it or giving it away is immoral.
...

Mr. Moglen's vision is "absolutely crazy," a kind of socialism that 
won't work, says James V. DeLong, a senior fellow at the Progress & 
Freedom Foundation, a market-oriented think tank.

The notion of software as a public utility is as absurd as the notion 
of a supermarket as a public utility, he says: "People should just 
bring the food and put it there, and then everybody should just come in 
and take it.""

I guess the southern hemisphere really does breed crazy leaders... or 
maybe its the water.  (yes, I know these articles weren't exactly about 
software as a public utility, but still)

BTW - to access the chronicle you need to be a paid subscriber.  
Columbia libraries is a subscriber, so you can access this article from 
any computer with a columbia IP address.

Best,
/Jonah



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