Picking a license

[Aahz]

In article <2d625c61-7a94-4c71-8953-69c3b3c76d07 at k29g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Paul Boddie  <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
>
>All my position has ever been is this:
>
>A copyrighted work denies recipients virtually all rights to do stuff
>with that work, such as modify and redistribute it. Copyleft licences
>grant some privileges and uphold some obligations in order to ensure
>that these privileges are universally maintained in all forms and
>extensions of the work. Permissive licences grant more privileges to
>immediate recipients but do not uphold as many obligations.
>
>You rejected the suggestion that people using permissive licences
>afford users fewer privileges than those using copyleft licences, yet
>on balance when considering all forms and extensions of the work, they
>do. And the only such privilege that the copyleft licences withholds
>from recipients is that of withholding any other privilege from others
>who receive the work.

IMO this only makes sense if one agrees that people should not be allowed
to sell software for money.  Absent that agreement, your argument about
freedom seems rather limited.
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