On 30 Sep, 14:19, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is where the useful "your freedom to swing your fist ends at the > tip of the other man's nose" applies: As soon as the act you wish to > perform is restricting the freedom of another, you're not > contemplating an act of freedom, but an act of power over another. > Freedoms should be protected, but only within the limits imposed by > the freedoms of others.
This is a very good explanation of what copyleft is all about. I suppose one could regard copyleft as a means to preserve the "maximal common freedom" in a system - if anyone else were to acquire more power or privilege to do something, that would diminish the freedoms of others. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list