Re: more thoughts on Raymond's talk

Christopher Cantor (christopher.cantor@yale.edu)
Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:44:42 -0500

János Löbb wrote:

> >= By using LAND as his analogy, he makes the truly FREE SOFTWARE
> > folks look like a bunch of fools who haven't caught up with the
> > current wave of neo-liberalism. Right? Free software folks are
> > passé, just like marxists, and indians, and hippies, what
> > with their

> If you ever dived into marxist theory AND practice, you would
> know that it is the most costlier endavour of all times.
> It is monopol capitalism under absolut state control - similar
> to Microsoft --:) Definitly not FREE.

I would tend to agree with this. But I was trying to get at
a clear implication in Raymond's speech. Remember when he
said something to the effect that your "dog knows more than a
lot of modern political theorists"? He was tarring the people
who see political signifigance in open source as kooks.

Whatever their political inclinations and opinions, anyone with
half a brain will acknowledge that politics and economics are
inseparable. Libertarians, like their dogs, tend to miss that
point.

-C

> > silly ideas about changing notions of the OWNERSHIP of
> > commodities that it is in HUMAN NATURE to want control and
> > self regulate.
> >

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