Re: Brave GNU world about the word "virus"

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 08:01:22AM +0530, Raj Mathur wrote:
> Uh, are we still talking about this?

I don't think this one is going to stop  - as long as people keep
writing about it.

> 
> And since you asked the question (I presume it's not rhetorical), the
> answer is Yes, people's freedom to hoard anything should be limited,
> whether it's atta or software.

I work hard during the summer and stock pile my atta to enjoy it at
a later point. Why should I yield it to some lazy bum who spends all
his time sleeping ?

It's *my* software and I decide if I want to give it away :-)
Another point: your point of view can never be enforced legally,
except in a communist country. What I'm preaching is already legal
in most countries and will remain that way.

Closed source software will continue as long as magicians don't give
away their tricks, books sell for money and I can have a personal bank
account.

Till the next such article from the GNU project,

	-Arun