Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:12:40 +1300 | From | Mark Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: GPL version 4 |
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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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