On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:56:52 -0600, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

On 1/5/2010 5:49 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:41:17 -0600, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

On 1/5/2010 2:37 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:15:59 -0600, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

On 1/5/2010 2:02 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:36:03 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Jan 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:10:01 -0600, Tim Daneliuk

wrote:
On 1/5/2010 12:53 PM, Robatoy wrote:
On Jan 5, 1:29 pm, Tim Daneliuk wrote:

That, Sparky, IS stealing.

Antagonizing again, Tim. What did Big Bro' Robatoy tell you? It's too
smokey in here. Leave!

Or.....?????

I've already provided you with the calculus to shut me up.

Open Source software = collectivism, socialism, communism.

Has was anyone been forced to contribute to Open Source?

I don't know. Why would that matter? It's collectivism, socialism and
communism, regardless.


No it's not. The specific objection folks like me have is *the use of
force*. And it is force that characterizes collectivism, of which
socialism and communism are two forms. Take away the force, and there
is no issue.

That is where your train goes off the rails. Use of force has ZERO to
do with the definition of collectivism, socialism, or communism.

Open source software is a perfect example of collectivism, socialism
and communism at work.


You may wish to refine words as you like to argue your case, but the ordinary
meaning of all the above embraces the notion of force.

The word you're looking for, I believe, is "volunteerism".

No. You need to spend more time with a dictionary. It is you who is
projecting your own nonsense into the words collectivism, socialism
and communism. None of them are defined by force or coercion. You
clearly don't know what any of them truly mean. You use them as buzz
words with your own agenda making them into something they are not.


Please cite one example of political collectivism that isn't or wasn't built
on force. Your OSS example is puerile - it is collective volunteerism but not
political collectivism.

Kibbutzim