On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 18:58, Joel Rees wrote: > > > > It does dump hundreds of copies of the COPYING file with > > it's redefinition of 'freedom' and implicit political > > statement on your hard drive. They are pretty much inseparable. > You're reversing a logical dependency, and, no, the GPL does not > attempt to alter the definition of freedom, even though it advocates > sets of tradeoffs that are not in vogue in the current eco-political > climate. You don't make something free by adding restrictions. You don't make something better by restricting how it can be improved. You don't increase sharing by restricting how sharing can be done. > That the current society in > the US has so far diverged from the spirit of their own Constitution is > regrettable, Well, that part might be true, but it is just as futile to try to change it as something with the viral GPL attached. > Freedom is one of those things that you don't get more of by keeping > others from getting their share. Yes, and the GPL takes away other's choices compared to licenses without restrictions. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
