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SubjectRe: GPL version 4
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:31:15 +0800, Morton Harrow said:
>
>
>> I see with pain in my heart that the GPLv3 doesn't actually give the
>> users of GPLv3 software the liberty and freedom the FSF has been
>> fighting for. Instead they are forced to play by the strict set of
>> terms the GPLv3 provides.
>>
>
> You missed an important philosophical point. In Richard Stallman's world view,
> it isn't the user's freedoms that matter, it's the *software*s freedom.
>
>

I don't think it is that bad - the intent is for the software to be
freely available for *people* to use. It is actually about our freedom.

regards

Mark


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