Felipe Contreras wrote at 12:11 (CEST) on Thursday:
> I have never fought for my software rights, and I still have those
> rights. I have never fought for my freedom of speech rights, and yet I
> still have them. As long as the law is not modified, the rights will
> remain there.

> You can disagree of the reason why I still have those rights, but
> that's your opinion, the fact remains that I have the rights, and I
> have never fought them. That's an undeniable fact, not an opinion.

I'm glad you still have your rights and freedoms.  I hope you realize
that throughout history, a small few have stood up for the rights of
others.  (When you make the analogy to free speech, that's particularly
obvious, I think.) I'm glad to stand up for your software freedom with
regard to copyleft, even though we disagree.  But, I hope you won't keep
fighting against our work standing up for everyone's rights.

> Gandhi never fought. He won by minding his own business, 

If you believe that Gandhi simply "minded his own business", I suspect
you haven't studied his life story very much.  But, the entire analogy
is out of proportion anyway, as Gandhi was seeking freedom for oppressed
people.  I don't think proprietary software is "oppression".  It's
morally wrong, IMO, but true oppression is another level of problem
entirely.

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   -- bkuhn
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