On 02/29/2016 02:10 PM, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/29/2016 05:33 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> So, with this approach, we end the GPL / copyleft focus and the >> arguments then become about free software vs non-free broadly, and >> that's a further different argument to deal with. > > Excellent post as usual, Aaron! If someone is still interested in > writing the wiki, your post should be taken into consideration. > > I'd be curious to see someone go on an IRC channel or subreddit hostile > to the GPL, try this approach and report back (experiments don't count > as trolling, right?). >
Oh, this approach works just fine. +114 votes for my top comment that killed the entire FUD of a super-active bunch of arguing: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3e395n/why_i_am_progpl/ctb923f > To be honest, I still expect some people to divert the discussion > somewhere else unrelated to copyleft. Fallacious arguments in my opinion > are the hardest to deal with, because they don't make sense but people > will buy into them. > > I also think most people who attack the GPL are not selfish, they merely > are scared to admit that they are perpetuating something unethical. I > think everybody who knows how to program is smart enough to understand > that proprietary software can easily be abused, so it's easier to sweep > the issue under the rug and say "hey, it's how everyone else does it". >
