Phoon: I really hope that you don't believe
what you wrote. 90% of rape claims being false? That
really disturbed me to read such a thing. If anything, the
much more likely scenario is a large percentage of rapes go
unreported, because the victim feels that they are somehow
responsible, or that they were "asking for it." I'm sure
that there are a few reported rape cases that are not true,
but that goes for any crime out there. Innocent people are
accused sometimes. BUT, I beg of you, don't trivialize
something as serious as a rape charge. If anything, we
should be working towards creating an environment where it
is more ok for a victim to bring charges against a rapist.
Rape it pretty much the worst thing that you can do to
someone. Even comparing it to something like intellectual
property rights is disturbing. If someone takes source code
that I license with a less restrictive free software
license, like BSD, they are in no way stealing. It was my
choice to offer my code that way, and not be in a position
to demand contributions. But claiming that this is somehow
remotely similar to the trauma one goes through with being
raped is just horribly wrong. Computers, and even
intellectual property, are a really small part of life.
There are many more serious problems in the world. I see
too many people in forums like this or slashdot forget that
while it is great to notice injustice in the world of
intellectual property, we can only do that out of extreme
luxury of circumstance. Have some perspective on life.