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Patrick Anderson
Dec 4, 2008, 10:59:27 PM12/4/08
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Originally posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 to http://FreeHard.BlogSpot.com
Free hard is about hardware freedom.
Every thing has a 'virtual' or 'informational' component. Examples
include: computer software, genetics, trade secrets, mechanical
design, intellect, truths about food and drugs, etc.
The 'physical' aspect of a thing is the space, mass and energy needed
to 'host' the virtual components that organize it.
It is the physical part of nature - the hardware - that is rivalrous
and prone to decay so is in need of real owners for protection.
Any owner may choose to place some physical sources of production
under a contract which constrains trade by requiring all profit made
from selling or renting the objects of those sources be handled as an
investment for that same consumer.
Free hard is about hardware freedom.
Every thing has a 'virtual' or 'informational' component. Examples
include: computer software, genetics, trade secrets, mechanical
design, intellect, truths about food and drugs, etc.
The 'physical' aspect of a thing is the space, mass and energy needed
to 'host' the virtual components that organize it.
It is the physical part of nature - the hardware - that is rivalrous
and prone to decay so is in need of real owners for protection.
Any owner may choose to place some physical sources of production
under a contract which constrains trade by requiring all profit made
from selling or renting the objects of those sources be handled as an
investment for that same consumer.
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