Your "freedom" is forced. Companies and individuals have no choice in the matter, because it's required by the license. We have the freedom to vote, but we aren't forced to do so. You don't seem to realize that it's not freedom if it's forced at the end of a proverbial GPL gun.
On 10/5/06, Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rod.. Whitworth wrote: > > It says "Yes, companies could voluntarily cooperate without a > > license forcing them to. The *BSDs try to depend on this. But it > > today's cutthroat market, that's more like the "Prisoner's > > Dilemma". In the dilemma, it's better to cooperate; but since > > the other guy might choose to not cooperate, and exploit your > > naivete, you may choose to not cooperate. A way out of this > > dilemma is to create a situation where you must cooperate, and > > the GPL does that." > > > > Look at the last line. MUST. Must != Freedom. > > In my world freedom is something you have to fight for, otherwise > it gets taken away. Putting a limit on your freedoms is a good > thing. For example freedom is most defined as `the freedom to do > whatever you wish as long as it does not hurt somebody else,' well > that last part `as long as it does not hurt anybody else' is what > the GPL is about. > > In your definition of freedom you'd have the freedom to hurt > somebody else. > > > > # Han
