Re: GPL V3 and Linux

[Horst von Brand]

Alexander Shishckin <alexander.shishckin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

> Ain't that obvoius? Every second word that you read in GPLs is either
> 'freedom' or 'share' and the rest of the document has absolutely nothing
> to do with both, just restricting our *freedom* to *share*.

How so? The existence of GNU doesn't restrict *my* right to share as *I*
wish. If I, freely, place my stuff under GPL it /does/ restrict other
people in just "sharing" (i.e., taking without giving in return). And that
is fine with me. Not with them, I presume...
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