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Author: Aimee Maree
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To: System undo crew
CC: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] GPL vs. libre software
BSD was permissive so Apple or to molester it and call it OSX ....

and I agree if you don't want it what else to use to protect it from abuse ?


> On 18 Dec 2013, at 7:43 am, Adam Gibson <ekaggata@???> wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/2013 10:35 PM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla wrote:
>>
>> Adam when you say "ignore it and do something else," what do you suggest?
>>
>> I am not saying there is not an alternative, I am asking for alternatives.
>>
>> Do you suggest, for example, some sort of copyleft-ish proposal that would
>> protect only sections of proposed ideas on github, rather than a whole
>> repo?
>>
>> Should the crypto anarchist manifesto be used in place of license text(s)?
>>
>> Should there be no license text?
>>
>> Do you think GPL would be ok if it were changed in a certain way?
>>
>> What do you suggest? I am certainly curious.
>
> Yes, I think either no license or replacement with some counter-IP text
> is appropriate.
> I'm sure there are counterarguments, along the lines of "this gives no
> defense against predatory trolls taking your software and making people
> pay for it". In my opinion there is nothing to take. Criminalising the
> creative use of ideas, whether someone else thought of them earlier or
> not, appalls me, and always has ever since I was young.
> So I guess that puts me firmly in Mike's camp. You cannot fight immoral
> behaviour by doing the same thing yourself.
> By the way I am working on code right now so these things are very much
> in the forefront of my mind too.
>
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