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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Source code is capital, and if one wishes to give away their code by their own free will that is within *THE VERY DEFINITION OF CAPITALISM*

You get more ridiculous with every post. Capitalism is based on private ownership of property, and selling it for profit, not property owned by the government or some "community". Trying to co-opt the word "capitalism" for your so called community isn't going to work LOL.

41 posted on 02/23/2006 9:07:15 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
Capitalism is based on private ownership of property, and selling it for profit

Sorry guy; Capitalism, by definition, does not compel you to sell your private property. You can, so long as you choose to sell your private property but you may also give it away and still be a capitalist (because its *your* private property), you may also keep it to yourself (because its *your* private property).

You may also license the use of your property with conditions of your choosing (because its *your* private property). What you may not do is compel someone to do something with their private property for your or anyone else's economic benefit which is what you advocate doing..

44 posted on 02/23/2006 9:21:59 AM PST by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: Golden Eagle

^^^^^^^^^^You get more ridiculous with every post. Capitalism is based on private ownership of property^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's an important cornerstone of capitalism, but that's not what it's about.

Capitalism is an economic system based on individual rights. You have the right to privately own (pick something) but to limit capitalism simply to ownership shows how flawed your argument is.

To a business owner, employees are important capital but you don't own them. Capitalism is not limited to ownership.

http://www.capitalism.org/faq/capitalism.htm

^^^^^^Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.^^^^^^^^^

Including, but not limited to. There's more to capitalism than just money and property.


154 posted on 02/24/2006 6:10:43 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
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