Re: Are you supporting SCO?

From: J. L. Schilling (jlselsewhere_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 11/23/03 

Date: 23 Nov 2003 06:15:53 -0800

FyRE <FyRE@here-and-there.invalid> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.11.23.02.17.52.499661@here-and-there.invalid>...
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:05:55 +0000, Tony Lawrence wrote:
>
> I believe information should be free, Tony. Do as you will. [...]

There's an interesting description of the lineage of
"Information wants to be Free", including the above
"... should be free" variation, at
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/IWtbF.html.

It's instructive to note that the original formulations always
included a second part: Information also wants to be expensive,
because it's so valuable. Therein lies the tension....

Jonathan Schilling