al3xu5 / dotcommon <[email protected]> writes: > If copyright laws didn't exist, then we would not need GPL! > GPL exists just to "circumvent" copyright... > Regards
Unfortunately that's not the case. It's true that the GPL uses the power of copyright against copyright, but it also uses copyright to protect users against non-copyright aggression, including EULAs and patents. If copyright went away first, we would have no GPL (in its current incarnation), and proprietary restrictions on software and its distribution could still be enforced using EULAs (contracts). -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.
