[Fsf-friends] IT/ITES SEZs now a nightmare for investors

[Sri Ramadoss M]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Raj Mathur <raju at linux-delhi.org> wrote:

> What is RMS' political ideology?  What is the official stance of the
> FSF on capitalism vs communism?  Do they even HAVE an official stance?


"Why Don't You Move to Russia?"

In the United States, any advocate of other than the most extreme form of
laissez-faire selfishness has often heard this accusation. For example, it
is leveled against the supporters of a national health care system, such as
is found in all the other industrialized nations of the free world. It is
leveled against the advocates of public support for the arts, also universal
in advanced nations. The idea that citizens have any obligation to the
public good is identified in America with Communism. But how similar are
these ideas?

Communism as was practiced in the Soviet Union was a system of central
control where all activity was regimented, supposedly for the common good,
but actually for the sake of the members of the Communist party. And where
copying equipment was closely guarded to prevent illegal copying.

The American system of software copyright exercises central control over
distribution of a program, and guards copying equipment with automatic
copying-protection schemes to prevent illegal copying.

By contrast, I am working to build a system where people are free to decide
their own actions; in particular, free to help their neighbors, and free to
alter and improve the tools which they use in their daily lives. A system
based on voluntary cooperation and on decentralization.

Thus, if we are to judge views by their resemblance to Russian Communism, it
is the software owners who are the Communists.
From: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html

It also has a Tamil Translation:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.ta.html

:-)

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Regards,

Sri Ramadoss M
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