Still no new license -- but draft text available

Grant Griffin g2 at seebelow.org
Tue Aug 15 13:25:05 EDT 2000


In article <3999720D.19579D93 at basho.fc.hp.com>, "John says...
>
<snip>
>It differentiates between a mostly valid idea, or a valid idea
>improperly applied, and an instance of "The Big Lie".  Calling the GPL
>and copyleft "communism" is simply another attempt to use the principle
>of the big lie (which requires a bit of emotional tying to really work
>well).

Personally, I'm not too keen on comparing copyleft to communism (if for no other
reason than the fact that "socialism" seems a more apt comparison <1.0 wink>),
but speaking of The Big Lie, can you help me understand how the restrictions of
the GPL somehow create "freedom".

singlethink-ly y'rs,

=g2

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