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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 the |
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> developers/distributors -- "adapt it to your needs" is not allowed when it |
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> restricts other users' freedoms. |
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Very few GPL proponents are willing to make this (rather obviously true) |
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statement; I'm glad some are. But to be more accurate, one should say |
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that the GPL has always been about guaranteeing users freedoms *at the |
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expense of* the developer's freedoms. |
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I'm not sure why that seems to be such a problem for GPL proponents to |
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admit. It's perfectly legitimate for the GPL to explicitly limit |
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developer's freedoms (such as the freedom to DRM their binaries), since |
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the developers explicitly choose to allow the GPL to do so. |
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--Mike |
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