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Subject: Re: [Couchdb Wiki] Update of "CouchDB in the wild" by blackmagic rue
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:06:09 +1030
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On 23/01/2009, at 12:31 PM, Dean Landolt wrote:

>>
>> The issue with gipirate starts with the name. The name says =20
>> 'theft'. If it
>> was called gitorrents or gitorrensearch, then maybe your argument =20
>> could be
>> taken seriously. You wouldn't quibble over a site called giporn =20
>> being about
>> porn, even if you could conceivable find artistic nude stills on =20
>> such a
>> site.
>
>
> Given your comments heretofore, I can't help but remind you
> s\theft\infringement ;)

I'm actually happy linking to such a site - the site itself is legal, =20=

and as long as it's both accurately described, uses couch in some way =20=

that matters, and the page has an endorsement disclaimer.

I was only pointing out that the argument about 'but you can find =20
other stuff on gipirate' is trumped by the explicit intention =20
manifested in the name. My response to gipirate was independent of =20
whether it should appear on the couch page. There are many things that =20=

I'm passionately opposed to, such as gambling, misogynistic porn, =20
religion, IP theft, patent abuse etc etc, ad infinitum it sometimes =20
seems. The extent of my passion partially motivates my concern to =20
eliminate the opportunity for such issues to arise in the context of =20
the couch wiki. It's separation of concerns. I am however personally =20
more Kantian than moral relativist. Furthermore, see my sig.

I recognize that copyright and patents were initially an economic =20
tool, and that in the US in particular, the elevation of property to =20
the status of a moral good has swallowed the original intention of =20
copyright and patents and twisted it into something else. And whilst I =20=

disagree vehemently with the (especially geek) culture of 'everything =20=

for free', there is a need for an opposing force in the face of public =20=

apathy about the deeper underlying issue.

One need only consider first-world governments pressuring third-world =20=

governments to restrict the availability of life-saving =20
pharmaceuticals because of IP theory to realise that property, and the =20=

'theft' thereof, is a philosophically nuanced concept with strongly =20
opposed humanist arguments (to which I subscribe).

Finally, I know this isn't the place for such discussion :)

Antony Blakey
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