John Woodard wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
I want to be able to listen to music tomorrow, as well as the end of today. This ability is harder to take away, but it can be eroded. For example, have you read "Right to Read"? http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
. Will my children not be able to share books when
they reach university? Will the copyright laws get to such a level that learning is forced underground? The seeds are planted today have they germinated? I fear they have and for one I am frightened for my children's and their children's future.
This document, and those referenced by it, were some of the key texts that first got me interested in Open Source/Free Software. I was aware that such software existed, but after having read about the possible future that laid ahead, I made a concious effort to learn more and eventually managed my first GNU/Linux installation. I also never looked at the software I had been using in quite the same way again.
What scares me is not the fact that these things could happen, but that they could be considered completely acceptable - and indeed things which many people already accept without question.