You Can Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source

kfogel writes "I'm submitting 'Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright' as a response to Greg Bulmash's piece from yesterday. I think there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in Bulmash's reasoning, and I've tried to address them in this rebuttal, which has undergone review from some colleagues in the copyright-reform community."

Food fight!

[iminplaya]

Have fun, y'all.

Re:fix the article title, then

[Bob54321]

People who just scan titles, esp on RSS, are going to think this is a dupe.

I almost did. But then I remembered that Slashdot has editors to prevents such horrible things as dupes and that this must have been a legitimate follow-up to the previous article.

Reviewed... By People Who Already Agree

[nick_davison]

"I'm submitting 'Girls Are The Ones' as a response to my sister's piece, 'Boys Have Cooties,' from yesterday. I think there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in my sister's reasoning, and I've tried to address them in this rebuttal, which has undergone review from some colleagues in the 'Girls Have Cooties' community."

While easier to get reviewed by people who already broadly support your viewpoint, review tends to gain its power when those idealogically opposed to you review it and still can't find flaws in it.

Arnold says "Stop whining!"

[leereyno]

I oppose discussions of copyright and open source period.

Copyrights are a good idea when applied in moderation.

Open source is a means to an end, not an end unto it self.

Neither are particularly interesting to read about on Slashdot because both issues are plagued with juvenile whining by 35 year old virgins who still live with their parents.