Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-mec-india--41e100-=3Cb=3EA=3C/b=3E: As I said at the beg/en

A: As I said at the beginning, it is foolish to even think about that topic. That topic is an overgeneralization. It lumps together totally different things like copyrights and patents, and so any opinion about &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; is a foolish one. I don't have an opinion about intellectual property, I have opinions about copyrights, and I have completely different opinions about patents, and even in the area of patents, you know, I have different opinions in different fields. Even that area is a big area. And then there are trademarks which are also &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;; I think trademarks are basically a good idea. The US has taken trademarks all little too far but, basically it is reasonable to have labels that you can rely on.