Re: Debian FreeBSD
Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
> As a FreeBSD zealot I know says, the BSD license encourages you
> to contribute your changes back freely; the GPL beats you over the head
> with a brick until you do.
He misunderstands. The GPL does not force you to contribute back your
changes. If you don't re-release the product yourself, you are under
no obligation to do so. The GPL simply ensures that nobody can
proprietarize it and release the result.
> To some, the GPL is less free than the BSD license.
People that take a selfish view of freedom instead of net freedom are
missing the point, because this is never how things have worked and
they never will.
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