Creative Communists?
Bill Gates is a pretty smart guy. So when he says stupid shit, I suspect that he knows it and is lying through his teeth.
There are some new modern-day sort of communists who want to get rid of the incentive for musicians and moviemakers and software makers under various guises. They don't think that those incentives should exist.
Who in the hell is he talking about? It can't be the FSF because the GPL is founded on copyright. It can't be EFF, they've always said that copyright was to create an incentive, for limited times of course. It can't be Creative Commons. Is he just talking about the "No Software Patents" people (Yes, I understand that this includes EFF and FSF, but they are very specific areas and in no way does that position call for an end to all patents or protection of ideas)? Are there protesters outside his office with big "NO COPYRIGHT EVER!" signs?
Just what the world needs...more scare tactics. But then what else would one expect from a founder of Microsoft?
