I don’t think I could write anything better than what already had written here and is available for you to chew on, and it’s all about the people/organization disguising themselves under the copyright law/intellectual property law (intangible assets) claim that open source promotes piracy.  No matter how I look at this, it does sound very wrong to me.  The first thought came up in my mind was that if I had came up with anything, it’s always my right and mine alone to allow my intangible assets such as software to be distribute however I wish.  For an example, I could distribute my software under open source licenses, or I could charge a fee and slap on an IP license.  It’s not right for…