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Overloading the Machine

Encounter

in a full pot of insect and extant
in a cool inkstone to swirl it

with historic handle
where the characteristic is

issue is issue
shot out to receive again

on the dot in unexpected
rows they lazily ride

Bill Brad Larry
Mr. Davis

take the main drag north, or
is it down, where the dark

well you know
it's good to see you, so good to see you

smile last and long, the tune
to think of is whole note

I'll see you out
friends who run with

all the time
in their hands

No, we are not primarily fighting with you about movies. We are primarily fighting to protect our way of making software. Our efforts are designed to protect our right to modify and reinstall, improve, and share software. Don't tell us that we're off on some quixotic, romantic engagement with reshaping the movie business. We're hackers, we make software. Our concern is protecting the integrity of the process that makes software. And all the legal devices that we recommend, and all the trouble that we are making, is to protect our homeland against somebody else, who wants to come in and prevent us from doing science and technology the way science and technology should be done according to us, the scientists and technologists.

-- Eben Moglen, 2006 FSF Associate Member Meeting