From: Nathan I. <nin...@gm...> - 2008-08-07 03:33:52
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Zachary Goldberg <zgo...@gm...> wrote: > > Sort of ancillary to this discussion but as point of fact: > > GPL was designed to keep software free, away from people who would > close it and then sell it. The "Changing the license is hard" with > the GPL is very intentional and not entirely a negative point. It > prevents someone from changing it 3 years later and making it > not-free. > > If you read any of Richard Stallman the above comes through loud and > clear everytime he talks, and like everybody else here, IANAL but > that's common Stallman rhetoric. No disagreement from me on any of those points. Those are the reasons some people prefer it. |