Today, remembering writing this: https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2010/fall/lending-a-solved-problem
@johns Oh ya. I just wrote a ~900 word bulletin draft and my comment to reviewers was roughly "seems a bit long. Feel free to directly edit and cut." It is nothing compared to this 1259 word masterpiece. In fact, I just had an idea: lending-is-a-solved-problem.org ... but I can't post this or else someone else could register it... Nameserver change launched. Please allow 12-24 hours for propagation before testing. Was that worth the $10?
@iank nice compliment, thanks :) Interesting to think about what to do with that domain..
Apparently, @fsf (and gnu.org) is down, so the URL too
But a copy exists in the @internetarchive (until we'll have this "world heritage" service):
https://web.archive.org/web/20220322000725/https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2010/fall/lending-a-solved-problem
The point on how companies (but not only) may try to twist a core advantage of electronic copies - they natively can "be infinitely read and shared" - makes me wonder how authors who use freedom-respecting licenses may legally oppose to this
I agree on
https://stallman.org/articles/online-education.html
with a note on #DigitalPreservation (1/3)
@johns