[ale] Open-source software license manager - OT Driving

[Jeff Lightner]

"'we' do not consider"?  

 

I'm pretty sure I didn't have any input on those rules and the
(anti)Patriot Act would have been a lot different if it had been me
writing it.  I wasn't talking about whether we were free or not but just
saying I felt the analogy wasn't a good one.   

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Michael B. Trausch
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:16 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Open-source software license manager - OT Driving

 

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 13:57 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:



Bad analogy there.   The courts have decided that driving is a
"privilege not a right".   That's why they can stop you from driving at
road blocks. 


Which makes it very hard to define freedom.  Does this mean that we are
not free to travel?  I would be inclined to say that it does:  It is not
legal to walk on the Interstate system, even if that is the shortest
route between Points A and B.  It is also not legal to drive without a
license, or drive an unregistered vehicle, on any supposedly "public"
roadway.  (Wait a minute; if the roadway is public, doesn't that mean
that the public gets to do with it as it will?  I thought the government
was supposed to be a servant to us, not the other way around.)  The
restrictions currently and due to be imposed on travel-by-flight are
also further proof that we do not consider traveling to be a freedom
that people should have.

    --- Mike


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