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

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:16:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 12/15/08 13:02, B. Estrade wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> >So what law is this again? In all of the years that I've been
> > in earshot of these arguments, I've never really understood how
> > someone's arbitrary license can be substituted for "the law."
>
> They aren't. The GPL specifically *relies* on copyright law.

I see.

>
> >And if you ask me, what I don't like about the GPL is the viral
> > nature
>
> And it's your right to do so.
>
> > and RMS' clear attempt to create the utopia he envisions by
> > "hacking" the system - be it the computer, copyright laws, or unto
> > whom commercial entities find themselves beholden. This is what
> > liberal legal types do in order to create what they think is the
> > idea world - they try to legislate it.
>
> No, that the social conservative's way. The social liberal's way is
> thru an activist judiciary, since The People don't know what's good
> for them, since they never went to Harvard.

True - they don't even want The People's representatives able to vote on it. :)

>
> >I therefore favor those licenses that permit the most real
> > freedom. And from my naive understanding, among them would be BSD
> > and Public Domain (ala SQLite).
>
> They certainly give the "modifier" total freedom to benefit from
> upstream's labor.

Amen.

Brett

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