[schlauerfox]

While it seems like a lost battle, Bill Gates chiding letter about software sharing being bad, versus the FSF/Stallman philosophy that hiding what the program does from the user is morally wrong is still being fought out. People need to earn a living, but as Cory Doctorow says, these are computers we put out bodies in and put in our bodies, hiding the flaws behind license contracts hurts us all long term. We all build on each others tools so grabbing all that value for yourself seems wrong. I personally don't know how we allow copyright on software without some kind of source code escrow at the library of congress level. Enforcing these license contracts is a waste of time in the free software paradigm, that could be better used perhaps, but Bill Gates owns a yacht and Richard Stallman doesn't, so I suppose the question depends on your point of view.