Quote of the Day


There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or a corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit.

—Robert A. Heinlein, Life-Line, 1939

(From the commentary here, where PJ gets on a soapbox and says that Linux will not be dumping the GPL, thank you very much…!)


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Posted by Giles, Monday, August 16, 2004, at 5:15 PM.
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