original emails at Linux Planet Day 1 31st May 2000 "The philosopher fighting the good fight"   Day 2 1st June 2000 "All law is a matter of opinion."   Day 3 4th June 2000 "My fight is defeating proprietary"   Day 4 5th June 2000 "Remember Shakespeare's admonition that people sometimes mar what they have in trying to achieve still more."   Day 5 6th June 2000 "Copyright gives the copyright owner the power to stop others from cooperating"   Day 6 7th June 2000 "I believe everyone should be free to cooperate; specifically, free to share and change software"   Day 7 9th June 2000 "We need to let people decide themselves whether or not they are moral by letting them choose"   Day 8 10th June 2000 "Proprietary software is a scheme to divide and maltreat other people"   Day 9 11th June 2000 "A proprietary program is like a gang: it puts pressure on people and intimidates them."

FreeDevelopers.net A dialogue on Copyright Law and Free/Open Source Software Richard Stallman & Tony Stanco Public Relations Working Group, FreeDevelopers.net

abridged versions at Linux Today part 1 13th July 2000   part 2 14th July 2000   part 3 17th July 2000   part 4 18th July 2000   part 5 19th July 2000   part 6 20th July 2000   part 7 21st July 2000   part 8 24th July 2000   part 9 25th July 2000     Software Licenses and Traditional Copyright Law 7th July 2000