On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 05:31:18PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote:
> KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:
>
> > Despite being originally intended as a "guerrilla weapon" (and RMS and
> > the others were very careful at designing it), copyleft is indeed the
> > only way to keep free software free, forever.
>
> Indeed.
> I've heard a few descriptions of RMS - most of them uncomplimentary. Having met him, I can see why many people dislike him - he does come across very much as the stereotypical geek with no social skills (mind you, me writing that does involve a certain amount of "pot, kettle, black" - fill in the rest !)
> I can understand his POV, though I'm very much in the pragmatism camp and use a mix of free and closed software. But, I respect his position - and I respect the fact that without people like him, we would not have the freedoms we have now. That's important to remember.
>

My point was not at all about RMS. My point was about copyleft. Now we
can divert the discussion as far as we want, but I was expressing *my*
point of view, not the point of view of RMS.

And my point is that we already have a powerful weapon to use against
any power that wants to give a too-tight-hug to the free software
community, and that weapon is called *copyleft* (not RMS, which would
be quite a cumbersome weapon to wield anyway, given the mass involved
:)).


HND

KatolaZ

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