Re: Balance - (was RE: Formal Objection to Working Group Decision to publish Encrypted Media Extensions specification as a First Public Working Draft (FPWD))

On 6/14/2013 9:00 PM, piranna@gmail.com wrote:
>> I respect your right to hold the principles (and licenses) that are the cornerstone of FOSS as "sacred", just as much as I respect other principled convictions such as not eating pork (Jews), beef (Hindus) or meat period (Vegetarians/Vegans). That doesn't mean I or you have the right to protest and block grocery stores from selling beef, pork or any other form of meat. That isn't balanced - that is forcing your point of view on everyone, whether they agree or not.
>>
> That's a danger comparation, since today there's a lot of
> superstitions on religions today and seems that FOSS movements are
> filosofical-equal to them, while not. It's accepted from a rational
> perspective that in origin, religions mandates, laws and concepts was
> acceptable due to their conditions that today doesn't apply,

While it is not the purpose of this CG to discuss religion, this feels 
like a pretty insulting view of religion.

>   like high
> calorities on pork meat (not desirable for heated countries, but
> really good for cold, northerm ones), and this concepts where designed
> in a way all people would understand to protect them, and they have
> perdured until today without discussion.
>
> FOSS ideologic also fix some current problems, but instead of being
> dictated by governators, superstitions, fear and tradition, they are
> builded based on common sense and also something that have been taugh
> (also in a good way) since we were child: the beneficts of sharing,
> everything. On the other side, DRM systems also try to solve some
> related problems, but being dictated and forced and trying to convince
> us instead of by natural though, so in that way, it has by far more
> points of common with traditional religions than the FOSS movements.
>
>
> --
> "Si quieres viajar alrededor del mundo y ser invitado a hablar en un
> monton de sitios diferentes, simplemente escribe un sistema operativo
> Unix."
> – Linus Tordvals, creador del sistema operativo Linux
>

Received on Sunday, 16 June 2013 02:36:42 UTC