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Ironic those doing the most for making information open and accessible are the criminals.
by GorbachevyChase 9mo ago
Ironic those doing the most for making information open and accessible are the criminals.
- direwolf20 9mo agoOf course. When it's criminal to make information open and accessible, only criminals will make information open and accessible.
- al_borland 9mo agoA centuries old problem. Early translations of the Bible to English were illegal or required licenses. William Tyndale was put to death for translating the Bible into English, which would have been an act to make information open and accessible.
- josephcsible 9mo ago> William Tyndale was put to death for translating the Bible into English That's not what he was put to death for. See https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/tyndales-heresy https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/tyndales-her... and https://www.chinakasreflections.com/did-the-roman-catholic-church-kill-william-tyndale-just-because-he-translated-the-greek-bible-into-english-language/ https://www.chinakasreflections.com/did-the-roman-catholic-c...
- bijant 9mo agoSure, just like Aaron Swartz was persecuted for "recklessly damaging a protected computer" and "wire fraud" not for any other reasons at all and btw the State wasn't at all involved in murdering him, he did that to himself, probably because he felt guilty for having damaged so many computers....