Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
On 9/19/07, Georg Sluyterman <georg@thecrew.dk> wrote:
Btw. you talk about pirates..? Pirates attach ships on the high seas, and kidnap and murder people on them ;-) If you by 'pirates' mean people that make unauthorized copies, please use a term like eg. 'unauthorized copying'.
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There are multiple definitions:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Apiracy&ie=utf-8
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I know. Sadly it has become an accepted word in the public..
From Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, page 194:
" Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as “piracy.” In this way, they imply that illegal copying is ethically equivalent to attacking sships on the high seas, kidnaping and murdering the people on them. If you don’t believe that illegal copying is just like kidnaping and murder, you might prefer not to use the word “piracy” to describe it. Neutral terms such as “prohibited copying” or “unauthorized copying” are available for use instead. Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term such as “sharing information with your neighbor.” " http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf -- Regards Georg Sluyterman