Sergey Kapitsa glorifies pirates in the Russian newspaper

The issue of intellectual property has always been controversial, and is now quite hot. The future, I hope, is in open systems, but so far we do not live under communism, and life is regulated (badly and crookedly) by laws. All the more surprising is the call from the pages of the government newspaper rg.ru : “Steal with your head held high, lead humanity to progress!”





For a scientist, the opinion is more than appropriate: "... knowledge belongs to humanity as a whole, and this is the main difference between people and animals. It is possible that the very concept of property is connected with primitive sexual instincts of man and animals, and therefore in a century of awareness of the information nature of humanity relationships even in the era of bestial capitalism. "



But the conclusion that he draws at the end of the article: “So long live the“ Gorbushka ”and hide the darkness of patents!” Seems to lead from “bestial capitalism” to “bestial communism” in the field of software, when the developer’s opinions about the product are simply not asked .

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It is strange that such an article was published in the official mouthpiece of the authorities and even without any comment that the author calls for criminal acts. Either foolishly published (it happens with them), or provocation (unlikely).



Full article: http://www.rg.ru/2007/04/11/kapica.html