Stallman Too Pigheaded For GPL?

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Stallman Too Pigheaded For GPL?

Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:35:16 AM #25743 Perm Link

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Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:47:10 AM #25851 Perm Link

what kind of morons are they ? Stallman never said that software should be free of charge. Basically what he wants is that when you get your hands on software, you should be allowed to make the best possible use of it, which includes modifying it and giving it to your friends.
Then, RMS and the FSF never fragmented anything. It was Perens and Raymond who fragmented the free software community with their open source ideas.

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Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:08:25 AM #25856 Perm Link

that was just the first paragraph. This article is full of FUD. You'll probably see a blow-by-blow retort or something by me sooner or later.

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Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:10:27 AM #25857 Perm Link

Stallman is a nutcase, regardless.

He is the wrong pick for any kind of free or open source software. He looks too much like a hippy.

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Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:22:12 AM #25859 Perm Link

maybe he's a nutcase. maybe his looking like a hippy changes perception. But that doesn't change the fact this this article is FUD, inaccurate, lies and/or extremely biased against the FSF.
Also, most "problems" with the GPL aren't problems - the patent clause was just reworded, but casically didn't change the situation. That leaves the DRM clause, which just means that you can't give anyone a GPLv3'd program, thus giving them the right to modify and run it, without letting him actually run the actual modified program via DRM. You may impose DRM with the help of GPL'd software, but if you prevent people from removing it via DRM, you're in trouble.

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