Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

From: Jeremy Sliwinski (mailing list account) <listbox_at_unix-boy.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:19:32 -0600
Message-ID: <4942D564.9000301@unix-boy.com>

Ron Johnson wrote:
>> This is the reason why I actively discourage companies and developers
>> from using the GPL; creat your own license so that you control the
>> software and can grant the users the rights you want.
>
> How is that encouraging free software? (Even the FSF doesn't encourage
> "morality" clauses.)

Because the GPL isn't "free" software. Any license that _forces_
someone to release their source code tramples on the rights of the
author to decide how the code _they_ wrote is controlled. That
certainly is not "free."

The GPL makes the right of the person using the software override the
right of the person who worked on the software.

J
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