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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!col.hp.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!sja From: sja@beta.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: GPL (was Re: Linux vs FreeBSD) Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 3 Jan 96 10:28:02 Organization: Helsinki University of Technology Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <SJA.96Jan3102802@beta.hut.fi> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <4b67mo$19l@dyson.iquest.net> <SJA.95Dec28115305@beta.hut.fi> <4c03ao$qpu@news.aloha.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beta.hut.fi In-reply-to: jching@aloha.com's message of 29 Dec 1995 06:54:15 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31658 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11251 >>> But that isn't really the point. What I then react _very_ badly to (I >>> don't like flaming, but I do it on a few issues, this being one), is >>> TOTAL JERKS who have the gall to question MY (conscious) choice of >>> copyright. >>Well said! This is one of the main reasons why I won't use the GPL. >>I want to give users of my code the freedom to make this choice. >And exactly what prevents my evil twin brother from *preventing* these >same users from doing the same thing you so value? I.e. by using a >stricter license, he can take this choice away from your users. Luckily, he can't. As long as there is one CD-ROM, or one FTP site that has the free software squirreled away, people can get the free version. And have the freedom of personal choice. ++sja