[Trisquel-users] Re : Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom keynote from OSCON
Well, that is different: free software must be buildable with free tools but can be use, i.e., executed for any purpose (freedom 0). A free font can be used in a copyrighted document.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom keynote from OSCON
It is a perfectly witless proposition, has the fool never heard of the Tragedy of the Commons? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
[Trisquel-users] Re : Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom keynote from OSCON
Most programs under the GNU licenses are not GNU programs. And their copyrights are not assigned to the FSF. Even GNU programs do not necessarily have their copyright assigned to the FSF: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html The copyright assignment is entirely independent from the license. It is stating that the author of the work is not who wrote it but the third entity that it was assigned to. One can understand why some programmers are reluctant to sign such assignments! Anyway, they are particularly useful when the work is written by tens (or more) of people, some potentially dead, and the license needs to be enforced or a decision (e.g., switch to a newer version of the license) needs to be taken. If the copyright holder is the FSF, one can be sure the decision will never be to make proprietary derivatives. It is hard to say so of any other entity. As for GNOME, here is its policy on copyright assignment: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/FoundationBoard/Resources/CopyrightAssignment
[Trisquel-users] Re : Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom keynote from OSCON
Use means execute the program. And freedom 0 guarantees that you can do that for any purpose (including commercial, military, etc.). You can compile proprietary software with GCC if you wish. The question is: what would the free software win if it would prevent that. Basically nothing (the proprietary software would then be compiled by a proprietary compiler). But it would lose contributions.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom keynote from OSCON
* Enough protection is offered to be relatively sure you won't sue me if something goes wrong when you use my code. Using my code in proprietary software is something that goes wrong. And something permissive licenses do not protect from (by definition).
