Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

[Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion@example.com>]

Stephen,

Thank you for your extremely clear reply.

> > And I did not declare that use of "liberal-open-source-license code"
> > was stealing, it is closing the code and/or not contributing back
> > that is stealing.
>
> Just who do you claim is being stolen from?  What property is being
> stolen?  And where do the victims' rights to the property come from?

It is more a Monsanto/Terminator kind of theft that I see here. But I  
agree that the way you put it it is not theft. I just see it  
otherwise. Obviously the term "theft" is not well adapted but I can't  
find anything better at the moment.

> Fair redistribution of zero is very easy.  Fair redistribution of a
> negative surplus is even more painful than redistributing zero is
> easy.  If you want to enjoy the redistribution of surplus, you'll do
> better to aim at creating it, first. ;-)

That was the zeroest aim :) But for now it is only my wife and I and  
as long as we redistribute enough food to the kids everybody is happy :)

Cheers,
JC