[OT] What is Open Source? (was Re: ANN: Twisted 0.16.0...)

[Greg Ewing]

Julian Tibble wrote:
> 
> erm... If there is no copyright then there is no *need* for copyleft.

But if RMS would be happy with a world in which there
was simply no copyright, he wouldn't bother with the
GPL -- he could get the same effect just by putting
all the stuff he writes in the public domain.

The fact that he hasn't done that means he
*does* want *some* kind of intellectual property
laws.

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