Picking a license

[Patrick Maupin]

On May 14, 6:12 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l... at geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <2ff3643b-6ef1-4471-8438-
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> dcba0dc93... at a21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Patrick Maupin wrote:
> > On May 13, 10:04 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
> > <l... at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
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> >> In message <mailman.142.1273767256.32709.python-l... at python.org>, Ed
> >> Keith wrote:
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> >>> The claim is being made that [the GPL] restricts freedom.
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> >> What about the “freedom” to restrict other people’s freedom? Should that
> >> be restricted or not?
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> > It's interesting that some people don't like the comparison of the
> > Free Software movement to a religion, yet the main argument of the
> > movement, and the deliberate co-opting of words like "Free" and "Free
> > Software" ...
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> Haven’t you “co-opted” those words yourself?

Only in response.  But hey, it's not just me; even Stallman says that
MIT-licensed software is "free software", just not "Free Software".

Regards,
Pat