On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Yes, when they are _actually_ threatened. For example, if a government is threatening freedom of speech by imposing a hate law. But there's a big difference between fighting an actual threat, and choosing not to use the freedom. My freedom of claiming GPL compliance has never been threatened, there's no need for me to fight, the freedom will not be taken away if I don't choose to exercise it. I have the freedom to drink beer every day, but I don't need to exercise that freedom every day for it to remain there when I actually want it. Even more; it's possible to fight for rights you will never exercise, like the right of gays to marry. Choosing to exercise a right or not, is a totally personal matter. -- Felipe Contreras _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
