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Re: A possible approach in "solving" the FDL problem



Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy@debian.org> writes:

> It can buy freedom, depending on "what exactly you buy," as Wouter said.
> Imagine that you buy the right to relicense the work under a license of
> your choosing. That would probably "[depend] on the amount of money you
> spend, [...] but it's very possible to do so," as Wouter said. Of
> course, the purchaser would also need to want to use the GPL for the new
> license....

You buy control.  You give freedom.  It may seem like a detail, but I
think it's a telling one.

Of course, I'm no longer clear how this relates to the discussion.

-- 
Jeremy Hankins <nowan@nowan.org>
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