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In <news:469D18A7.9090001@××××××.org>, |
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Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> wrote: |
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>Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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>> Remember that the GPL has always been about all the users NOT just |
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>> the developers/distributors -- "adapt it to your needs" is not |
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>> allowed when it restricts other users' freedoms. |
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>Very few GPL proponents are willing to make this (rather obviously |
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>true) statement; I'm glad some are. But to be more accurate, one |
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>should say that the GPL has always been about guaranteeing users |
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>freedoms *at the expense of* the developer's freedoms. |
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Perhaps you mean downstream developers who accept the GPL granted by |
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upstream? The original developers can do whatever they like with their |
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code, since they don't need to license it from anyone. |
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