[pp.int.general] Greens saying Pirate Parties unnecessary

[Timothy Fretz]

The initial point was fair, I shouldn't have tried to shorthand it  
when I meant to say "...copyright reform, patent reform...".

Confucius made the point about rectification of words very well in  
his Analects.  I am still learning.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jendres/lunyu/

-Tim

On 16-Sep-09, at 9:22 AM, Eric Priezkalns wrote:

> Is there an alternative term for the class of things which all get  
> treated as property, but which lack physical substance?  As we're  
> interested in reforming laws relating to that class of things, it  
> would be helpful if there was a recognized shorthand for referring  
> to them.
>
> E
>
> On 16 Sep 2009, at 16:17, Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>>    2) The Pirate Party prioritizes IP reform and protecting privacy.
>>
>> Please don't call the topic "IP".  It is vital to teach people not
>> to think of copyrights and patents and trademarks and trade secrets
>> as one single issue.  (See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not- 
>> ipr.html.)
>>
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