Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:22:24 +0100 From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <20011218232224.A26122@tisys.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181330200.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>; from reed@reedmedia.net on Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:42:16PM -0800 References: <20011218222113.A25396@tisys.org> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181330200.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:42:16PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed stood up and spoke: > > If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution. Creativity can > be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use > the results. If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative > programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict > the use of these programs. > > punished ... > > The whole Manifesto is amazing. The word "punished" in the manifesto is indeed amazing. I guess I'll do some online research and see if I can get a hold of the complete, original version somewhere. This has little to do with the basic issue that started this thread, but as I have only read the GPL as far as the FSF documents are concerned, I'm now indeed motivated to find out what else they have to say, because that will probably help me understand some of the views expressed here. As said before, I by far prefer the BSDL over the GPL, but I'm still motivated now to get myself a little more information about the people and aims that stand behind the GPL... Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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