Dne, 31. 12. 2010 05:45:58 je Nate Bargmann napisal(a):
* On 2010 30 Dec 12:50 -0600, Brad Alexander wrote:
> > I can only say that I love BSD licenses. I know many people can
be anger
> > by this but I find that BSD licences are the best exponent for
the true
> > and unconditional user freedom.
>
> I agree with Camaleón. Not to end 2010 with a flame war, but this is
> the one thing that irritates me most about the FSF. They advocate
free
> software, which is a laudable goal, but they seem to only
acknowledge
> it *if* you conform to their definition of free. By definition, if a
> user chooses to, they should be *free* to use commercial software
and
> be as equally accepted as someone who opts not to have any binary
> blobs on their system. In their own way, Stallman and the FSF are
> trying to accomplish lock-in as much as the vendors...
Sorry, but as a contributor to a small Free Software project licensed
under GPL and LGPL, I respectfully disagree. Much has been provided
to
me because of the GPL and I believe that my contributions warrant the
same opportunity by others. I do not want any of my contributions
taken
proprietary by *any* entity for *any* reason. I also do not see the
GPL
as lock-in, rather as lock-out.
Couldn't agree more. It's a war. We really shouldn't fool ourselves
about that. Countering the immense power of proprietary software
companies with non-viral free licenses is like fighting against tanks
with just bare hands. Corporations -- software ones included -- are
*not* like us. They may contain some "decent people" but they are not
themselves "decent people" like we are, they are soulless entities. We
shouldn't make the mistake of personifying them, that is, of projecting
our inner traits of honesty, decency, humanity, honor, or morality onto
them: they have none of those. They just have *agendas*.
GPL gives developers of free software at least half a chance. It
saddens me to see how many people fail, or refuse, to see that.
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