> > This is off-topic, but a characterization of free software practices and > > sharing as "more republican or libertarian in nature" is also way off. > > Libertarians--which are really Republicans without a desire to regulate > > people's private practices (drug use, sexual practices)--are primarily > > concerned with the defense of private property from any state > > intervention. Free software undermines private property by keeping > > software in free, unrestrained public use. Free software is communally > > shared property. Libertarians are not opposed to regulation > > universally, only state intervention. Libertarians support unfree > > software licensing for example, and call any state support of free > > software "intervention" in the "free" market. Not exactly a recipe for > > cooperation. While I'm sure some libertarians depart from this ruthless > > attack on freedom, it's important to remember that the principal > > interest of libertarians is not protecting freedom, it is to protect > > private property. Of course, they do equate private property with > > "freedom", but that's another discussion.
Now, one of the reasons why I think RMS is unreasonable is this attitude that he has expressed that he wants to ban all other licenses the Free Software-ones. Personally I don't think I or anyone else has the right to tell a coder which license he/she is gonna use or not. What we should concentrate on instead should be to convince this person that GPL or BSD is a better license to use. /Anders
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