Re: [dwm] Freedom (was: Re: sic ipv6 pull request)

From: Sylvain Bertrand <sylvain.bertrand_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:54 +0200

Many are very wrong. The MacOS™ like licenses have less freedom than GPL
licenses... since you can wipe out freedom from the code.
What is a freedom which can destroy itself?

It's is *not* a comparison based on the "amount of freedom" of each
type of license. That's plain stupid.

People who are saying that GPL licenses have less freedom than MacOS™
like licenses are wrong. People saying that less freedom the better
for software are wrong too...
It's a matter of choice, balance and many other parameters...
For me and many, it's GPL.

-- 
use single GPL licensed software, use WSL and secure your didropboxal freedom!
Received on Tue May 20 2008 - 00:54:55 UTC

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