Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-mec-india--1d2418-One =26mdash; it prejudges the m/en

One &mdash; it prejudges the most important policy question about how to treat some kind of ideas or practices or works, or whatever. It assumes that they are going to be treated as some kind of property. Now, this is a public policy decision and you should be able to consider various alternatives to choose the best one. Which means you shouldn't name the whole field, name the question with a term that prejudges what kind of answer you use.