опасный выбор
13:32 | 09-04-2010 | Software | No Comments
самое главное, конечно, — это наступать по всему фронту и не останавливаться на достигнутом:
<...> an influential lobby group is asking the US government to basically consider open source as the equivalent of piracy – or even worse.
замечательные, натурально:
<...> the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its “Special 301 watchlist” because they use open source software.
What’s Special 301? It’s a report that examines the “adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights” around the planet – effectively the list of countries that the US government considers enemies of capitalism. It often gets wheeled out as a form of trading pressure – often around pharmaceuticals and counterfeited goods – to try and force governments to change their behaviours.
как говорится, you’re downloading communism.