__/ [ mlw ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 13:29 \__
> Erik has argued in a different thread, a couple different ways, that the
> GPL intends to make the software code "free" and that BSD makes the code
> more free.
>
> While it is an interesting point of view, it is classic Erik nonsense
> crafted into a legitimate sounding argument.
>
> The GPL isn't trying to make the code "free," the notion of "freedom" for
> software code is nonsense, and proponents of this argument know this, they
> are just making the argument to confuse the issues and which definition of
> "free" is used.
>
> What the GPL intends to do is protect the user's "freedom" to use the code.
> This freedom is defined as the right to access, modify, and redistribute
> the code.
Follow-ups set accordingly.
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