On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:39:57PM -0300, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: > > > That's because I don't yell "GPL is not free" while I'm using GPL. > > > > what's wrong with that? if I use Windows and yell "Windows is not free", > > would you think the same? > > > > If you were insulting a Windows user, probably.
huh? yo mama's ugly. > > I'm curious, what freedom do you think the GPL brings to those people > > who use a computer two hours a week? > > > > For them? Maybe the freedom to give copies to their friends whithout > being sued or doing anything illegal. so, then "freedom" is about people getting shit for free? is that why the GPL is popular? please, think before answering. and, what if I modified some binaries - for my friends benefit - then give it to them. i.e. I'm distributing modified GPL binaries. are we still in the land of absolute freedom, or am I bound to some additional restrictions? and would it be different if those binaries were BSD/ISC licensed? please, think before answering. -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
