On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:38:39 -0500, Richard Pieri wrote: > John Abreau wrote: >> Developers are themselves users. Saying that freedom is "only" for users >> is the same as saying freedom is restricted "only" to everybody. The > > The issue isn't the use of the word "only". It's the use of the words "free" > and "freedom". Like I wrote before, the FSF's definitions of "free" and > "freedom" are weighted towards end users (as in "users like me who are not > themselves developers") and against developers (as in "users like Tivo and > Google who are primarily developers"). The GPL has always favored end users > over developers. The onus of supporting software freedom according the FSF's > definition has always rested on developers with end users getting a free ride > should they choose to take it.
Actually, I'd say that if anything the GPL is weighted toward users-as-developers -- ensuring that users can be developers themselves. I disagree that the GPL is weighted against developers. It's weighted against *proprietary* developers, sure. But proprietary development is only one development model -- and not the only possible way to make money doing it, either. -- Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> MIT VI-3 1987 - Congrats MIT Engineers 5 straight men's hoops tourney Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
