> *you* don't get it (I'm good at personnal attack too): this is a way > to lead on the path of understanding "why the GPL".
And do you already know what comes after "understanding" on that path you are talking about? I hope you are going on... You should search for the path of truth. > Another way to see the GPL: "do not close the code". You don't need a GPL for "not closing the code". On 5/20/08, Szabolcs Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/20/08, hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What do you think about the freedom to remove the freedom from the code? > > > cut any other's freedom. On the other hand everyone could use your > > code, and noone would even notice. It does *no* harm to others. > > > sure it does > if i start selling dwm for money then it can make harm (economically > and game theoretically) Game theory? Economy? You mean religion? Think again. > there are many possible attitudes and strategies with respect to > software licensing and it's absolutely not trivial which one to chose > to achieve a goal (or which goal to prefer). > it is perfectly justified to talk and reason about the consequences of > certain licensing schemes. It's perfectly justified to do more important things instead. > > > Code has no freedom. people in society want to be free, but the code > > doesn't mind. It is just letters and stuff. neither free nor unfree. > > > imho noone talked abut the freedom of code but the freedom of people > using that code. imho you don't got a clue. Look again at the quote in the context: > What do you think about the freedom to remove the freedom from the code? -- hiro
