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"Piracy", "intellectual property" and other confusing and misused words Author: stallman 2003-9-30 13:25:40 blog China (Blogchina.com) original source: GNU should try to avoid some of the confusing and misused The word sentence (JPEG 7K) (JPEG 141K) Due to patent issues, there is no GIF map. We recommend trying to avoid using some words, because they either æ 义, or implies what we expect you not fully agree. Read other articles | "for free" | "freeware" | "Give Away Software" | "Intellectual Property" | "PiracY" | "Protection" | "Sell Software" | "" Theft "| Read other articles Also Note Categories of Free Software (18k characters)." For free) If you want to say a program is free software, please don't Say it can be "free". Because this word is specifically "zero", free software is "free", not "price". Indeed, free software can usually be free - from, for example, a lot of FTP servers - get. However, the copy of the free software can also be purchased, for example, CD-ROMs, and the copy of private software is sometimes available for free. In order to avoid confusion, you can say that program can be "As Free Software". "Freeware" Do not use the term "freeware" as the synonym of "Free Software". The term "freeware" is a common language in the 1980s, which means that some programs are only released in the form of executable programs, while the source code is not available. There is no exact definition today. "Give Away Software" is misleading with "Give Away" means "Distribute a program as free software" is misleading. It is the same problem with "free": it is also a price, not free. Avoid this confusion that "Release As Free Software" is just like free software. "Intellectual Property" publisher and lawyer like to describe copyright as "intellectual property", this statement has an implicit assumption - that is, the most natural way to copy this problem is based on physical entity The class ratio, so our ideas are classified as property. But this class ratio ignores a key difference between material entities and information: information can be almost impossible to copy and share, but material entities are not. This difference is easily ignored if you build your consideration in such a class. Even if the US legal system has not fully accepted such a ratio, it does not treat copyright with physical entity property rights. If you don't want to limit yourself in this way of thinking, it is best to avoid using the term "intellectual property" in your terms and ideas. Another problem with "Intelligence Property" is that it is trying to generalize several legal systems, including copyright, patents, trademarks, etc., but they are much larger than similar. Unless you have studied the laws in these areas and know these differences, they can only lead to generalization of errors. In order to avoid this confusion, it is best not to try to find other expressions of "intellectual property", but directly using specific legal concept systems such as copyright, patents.
"Pirace" publisher usually uses "pirated" to refer to illegal replication. In this way, they suggest that illegal copying in morality is equivalent to attacking vessels on the public sea, as well as people on the kidnapping and murder. If you don't think illegal copy is equivalent to kidnap and murder, you may not like to describe it with "pirate behavior". You can replace it with some neutral words such as "disabled replication" or "unauthorized replication". Some people in us even like to use some positive words such as "sharing information with your neighbors." "Protection" publisher's lawyers are keen to describe copyright "protection". This word is implied in preventing damage and suffering; therefore, it encourages people to identify publishers and owners who benefit copyright, rather than identify those users who are limited. In fact, it is easy to avoid using "protection" and use some neutral words to replace. For example, you can say "copyright protection is long", and "copyright continues for a long time." "Sell Software" phrase "sales software" has an amphony. Strictly speaking, exchange a certain amount of money in a copy of a free program is also "sales"; but people are accustomed to linking "Sales" with special restrictions in using software in the future. You can completely more accurately to avoid confusion. For example, according to specific situations you can say "Copy of a program and charge a certain fee" or "to apply a specific limit to the use of a program." See "Sales Free Software" section for a more detailed discussion on this issue. "Theft" copyright defenders often use words such as "stealing" or "theft" to describe copyright violation. At the same time, they asked us to regard their legal systems as moral authority, namely, if the copy is prohibited, it must be wrong. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on legal system - at least in the United States - do not think copyright violation is "theft." If the proprier of copyright If the term "is stealing", then they mistakenly express their views of the expected government. It is a problem with the law to judge the wrong idea. The law is just as goingise as possible; if the law is considered to define justice or moral behavior, the problem is completely reversed. Please refer to the type of free software and non-free software.
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