Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:13:02 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: dkelly@hiwaay.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991123131034.047b2510@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19991123111417.ADEA714BEC@hub.freebsd.org> References: <4.2.0.58.19991122231524.0442bdd0@localhost>
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At 03:14 AM 11/23/1999 -0800, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > as a swag (silly wild as guess) one might say: > > free speech refers to a constraint on the powers of >government. > > free code refers to a constraint on the powers of companies. Not a very good analogy, IMHO, for several reasons. First, individuals are handicapped more by the GPL than are large companies. Second, the First Amendment actually says, "Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech," etc. Thus, the First Amendment actually dictates an ABSENCE of constraints, whereas the GPL is all about setting up constraints that sabotage individuals and businesses. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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