On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:43:24PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 02:09:18PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Respectively: the freedom to prosecute with and defend yourself > > against patent accusations; the freedom to bear arms; and the freedom > > to use nuclear technology. Of course, not all jurisdictions allow > > those freedoms, but that's determined by laws, not by copyright > > licences. > > And again, I don't believe "the freedom to prosecute with patent > accusations" is an important "freedom" to protect, any more than > "freedom to take my software proprietary". I think it's valid and > legitimate for a free license to restrict this "freedom". Same old bogus comparison; you never *had* the freedom to take the software proprietary, so you can't protect it. You *did* have the freedom to prosecute with patent accusations. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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