[K12OSN] Scary article from Russia (w/o love)

j.w. thomas jthomas at bittware.com
Wed May 20 17:02:53 UTC 2009


Les Mikesell wrote:
> David L. Willson wrote:
>> Which part of this system do you disagree with?
> 
> The part that misrepresents GPL software as 'free' when in fact it is 
> very restricted in terms of how it can be improved.
> 

This is like saying that the US Constitution sucks because it prevents 
the government from restricting speech.

The freedom guaranteed by the GPL is the user's freedom, not the 
developers.

The government of Myanmar is "free" to jail people for political dissent.

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