Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 74.71.191.127]
on August 19, 2007 07:22 PM
What I find disturbing is the synonymous use of GPL with open source.
For one, there being far more licenses that technically fall under the scope of this category, but for another and far more imperative to the understanding of 'the open source movement' (or rather how certain people would have you perceive it to be) is the simple act of a poeple's claims: "when you take away someone's freedoms they have no freedom" - then proceeding some sort of bazaar of forced propogation of the GPL et al.
To be succinct, the BSD license is more 'free' than the GPL. To be blunt, the right of choice is the inherent right to freedom. Summarily, taking away a person's choice (attempting to force your views upon another) is contrapositive to freedom in and of itself.
Respectfully,
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 74.71.191.127] on August 19, 2007 07:22 PMFor one, there being far more licenses that technically fall under the scope of this category, but for another and far more imperative to the understanding of 'the open source movement' (or rather how certain people would have you perceive it to be) is the simple act of a poeple's claims: "when you take away someone's freedoms they have no freedom" - then proceeding some sort of bazaar of forced propogation of the GPL et al.
To be succinct, the BSD license is more 'free' than the GPL. To be blunt, the right of choice is the inherent right to freedom. Summarily, taking away a person's choice (attempting to force your views upon another) is contrapositive to freedom in and of itself.
Respectfully,
UP
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Use your own brain to think for yourself, instead of allowing others to think for you.
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