While the GNU GPL does not tell anything about privacy and protection from
unauthorized supervision, it doesn't mean everything is done by releasing
software under the GNU GPL. There are many more things wrong in the world
besides non-free software. The fact that special services can track
I keep reading about how free software *should* protect people from anything
from the big bad wolf to the NSA. Probably is just a lack of education. In
the race to get the latest, the biggest and the coolest diploma people with 6
to 20 years of schooling remain in ignorance on most issues
Bravo aka faith in humanity restored post!
Spoiler: Even killer-drones include GPLed stuff, be it of legacy v2. I wanted
to touch gently the parent issue - as RMS puts this - software freedom itself
ain't enough for the ruling class' evil deeds setback. Ordinary humans have
to engage
I had no idea there is a CC 4.0. 3.0 fit me well. That is not a good reason.
Back in the days when GPL v3 was fresh it was unclear why to upgrade. Years
later I found out what TiVo was. I am still against the phrasing GPL vX and
any later version.
While it is true that free software is about the 4 essential freedoms over
the software, RMS himself has said that this is not just a technical matter.
It is a social matter, free software should bring us a free society.
And in a free society you can't have freedom unless you are free from
What are the major changes from CC 3.0 to CC 4.0?