www/philosophy not-ipr.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/10/19 17:07:44

Modified files:
        philosophy     : not-ipr.html 

Log message:
        Clarify one paragraph.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/not-ipr.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: not-ipr.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/not-ipr.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- not-ipr.html        15 Oct 2007 07:04:27 -0000      1.17
+++ not-ipr.html        19 Oct 2007 17:07:31 -0000      1.18
@@ -162,16 +162,15 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Neither of these issues is solely economic in nature, but they are not
-similar, and anyone looking at them in the shallow economic
-perspectives of overgeneralization cannot grasp the differences.  If
-you put both laws in the general &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;
-pot, you will find that obstructs your ability to think clearly about
-each one.
+Neither of these issues is solely economic in nature, and their
+noneconomic aspects are very different; using the shallow economic
+overgeneralization as the basis for considering them means ignoring the
+differences.  Putting the two laws in the &ldquo;intellectual
+property&rdquo; pot obstructs clear thinking about each one.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-As a result, any opinions about &ldquo;the issue of intellectual
+Thus, any opinions about &ldquo;the issue of intellectual
 property&rdquo; and any generalizations about this supposed category
 are almost surely foolish. If you think all those laws are one issue,
 you will tend to choose your opinions from a selection of sweeping
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/10/15 07:04:27 $
+$Date: 2007/10/19 17:07:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>