That's exactly my argument Andy, As you say, you are free to disagree, but in every society there has to be a balance of freedoms (even free speech doesn't extend to yelling fire in a crowded theatre), I think GPLv2 was OK, and something I could just about live with (despite it's many flaws); GPLv3, however upsets that fine balance.
Vijay. On 05/12/2007, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 05/12/2007, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have no idea what your argument is, sorry. Could you rephrase? > > I *think* what he was saying was similar to: > If you have free speech then there is going to be someone who says > something you don't like, but they still have the right to say it as > that is what free speech is. > > In the context of Free Software I think that would mean that if you > have true freedom them some people are going to do something with your > software you dislike (i.e. take away the freedom of others). By not > allowing people to resuse your source in a way that you disagree with > are you not taking away some of their freedom? > > I personally disagree with Vijay's point of view, but he has every > right to say it (see Free Speech allows Vijay to say something I > disagree with, of course under Free Speech I have an equal right to > voice an opposite opinion). > It is an interesting question though, should someone the ability to > remove others freedoms be considered a prerequisite of their freedom? > > > No news on the Radio Labs blog yet. Stay tuned people > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/> > Always nice to provide a link. I think that sometimes the BBC staff > forget that us public may not know exactly where to find everything > they mention, luckily my good friend Google lent a hand (other search > engines are available). > > Andy > > -- > Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open > windows. > -- Adam Heath > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >
