On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:17 PM, hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> *you* don't get it (I'm good at personnal attack too): this is a way >> to lead on the path of understanding "why the GPL". > > And do you already know what comes after "understanding" on that path > you are talking about? > I hope you are going on... > You should search for the path of truth. > >> Another way to see the GPL: "do not close the code". > > You don't need a GPL for "not closing the code".
Hu? There is another license as secure than the GPL to protect against code closing? > > On 5/20/08, Szabolcs Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5/20/08, hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> What do you think about the freedom to remove the freedom from the code? >> >> > cut any other's freedom. On the other hand everyone could use your >> > code, and noone would even notice. It does *no* harm to others. >> >> >> sure it does >> if i start selling dwm for money then it can make harm (economically >> and game theoretically) > > Game theory? Economy? > You mean religion? > Think again. > >> there are many possible attitudes and strategies with respect to >> software licensing and it's absolutely not trivial which one to chose >> to achieve a goal (or which goal to prefer). > >> it is perfectly justified to talk and reason about the consequences of >> certain licensing schemes. > > It's perfectly justified to do more important things instead. > >> >> > Code has no freedom. people in society want to be free, but the code >> > doesn't mind. It is just letters and stuff. neither free nor unfree. >> >> >> imho noone talked abut the freedom of code but the freedom of people >> using that code. > > imho you don't got a clue. > Look again at the quote in the context: >> What do you think about the freedom to remove the freedom from the code? > > -- > hiro > > -- use single GPL licensed software, use Linux and secure your digital freedom!
