[pp.int.general] Pirate Party of the Netherlands now hosts Minecraft server for all Pirate Parties

[Joonas Mäkinen]

Write back to Samir. But yeah, he'll get it here. At least put it in double
quotations: "intellectual property" or name it "so called intellectual
property" :P

2010/11/1 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>

>    Minecraft can make a clear statement: Anyone can be a creator and copy
>    copyrighted or patented objects with hardly any issues. One of the
> benefits
>    of Minecraft is that you still create the objects yourself. This creates
> a
>    gray area, where it is not always clear if it is intellectual property
>    infringement or not.
>
> I applaud the sentiment, but using the term "intellectual property"
> _anywhere_ helps our adversaries.  Copyright law and patent law are
> very different.  The term "patented objects" is also misleading, since
> a patent is about an idea, not an entire object design.
>
> It is important to express these ideas right if we want to educate
> the public to understand these issues.
>
> Who should I write to, to suggest changing that text?
>
> --
> Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
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Joonas "JoonasD6" Mäkinen
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
University of Helsinki

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